Symptoms of Tension headache
Symptoms of Tension headache
The list of signs and symptoms mentioned in various sources
for Tension headache includes the 4
symptoms listed below:
- Headache - usually tightness affecting entire head on both sides
- Neckache
- Constant mild, moderate or severe bilateral headache
- The pain can radiate from the neck, back, eyes, or other muscle groups in the body
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Medical Books Excerpts
- HEADACHE
- "Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs" (2003)
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- Headache
- "In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
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- HEADACHE
- "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
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- Headache
- "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)" (2006)
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- Headache
- "A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis" (1999)
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- Headache
- "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)" (2005)
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- Headache
- "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
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- Headache
- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
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- Headache
- "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
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- Headache
- "The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics" (2006)
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- Headache
- "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
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Copyright notice for book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
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Encephalitis:
Signs and Symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Sudden onset of fever, headache, vomiting, meningeal irritation (stiff neck and back), drowsiness, coma, paralysis, seizures, ataxia, psychoses
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Headache:
Signs and symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Initially, migraine headaches usually produce unilateral, pulsating pain, which later becomes more generalized. They’re commonly preceded by a scintillating scotoma, hemianopsia, unilateral paresthesia, or speech disorders. The patient may experience irritability, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, and photophobia. (See Clinical features of migraine headaches.)
Both muscle contraction and traction-inflammatory vascular headaches produce a dull, persistent ache, tender spots on the head and neck, and a feeling of tightness around the head, with a characteristic “hatband” distribution. The pain is usually severe and unrelenting. If caused by intracranial bleeding, these headaches may result in neurologic deficits, such as paresthesia and muscle weakness; narcotics may fail to relieve pain in these cases. If caused by a tumor, pain is most severe when the patient awakens.
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
West Nile encephalitis:
Signs and symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Mild infections of the virus are more common and include fever, headache, and body aches, usually accompanied by a skin rash and swollen lymph glands. Severe infections can be manifested by headache, high fever, neck stiffness, stupor, disorientation, coma, tremors, occasional convulsions, paralysis and, rarely, death.
The incubation period for West Nile encephalitis is anywhere from 5 to 15 days after exposure. Most patients who are bitten by an infected mosquito won’t develop symptoms. It's estimated that only 1 in 300 people who are bitten by an infected mosquito will actually get sick.
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Posttraumatic stress disorder:
Signs and symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
The psychosocial history of a patient with PTSD may reveal early life experiences, interpersonal factors, military experiences, or other incidents that suggest the precipitating event. Typically, the patient may report that his symptoms began immediately or soon after the trauma, although they may not develop until months or years later. In such a case, avoidance symptoms usually have been present during the latency period.
Symptoms include pangs of painful emotion and unwelcome thoughts; intrusive memories; dissociative episodes (flashbacks); a traumatic reexperiencing of the event; difficulty falling or staying asleep, frequent nightmares of the traumatic event, and aggressive outbursts on awakening; emotional numbing (diminished or constricted response); and chronic anxiety or panic attacks (with physical signs and symptoms).
The patient may display rage and survivor guilt, use of violence to solve problems, depression and suicidal thoughts, phobic avoidance of situations that arouse memories of the traumatic event (such as hot weather and tall grasses for the Vietnam veteran), memory impairment or difficulty concentrating, and feelings of detachment or estrangement that destroy interpersonal relationships. Some have physical symptoms, fantasies of retaliation, and substance abuse.
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Encephalitis:
Signs and symptoms
(Handbook of Diseases)
All viral forms of encephalitis have similar clinical features, although certain differences do occur.
Usually, the acute illness begins with sudden onset of fever, headache, and vomiting and progresses to include signs and symptoms of meningeal irritation (stiff neck and back) and neuronal damage (drowsiness, coma, paralysis, seizures, ataxia, and organic psychoses). After the acute phase of the illness, coma may persist for days or weeks.
The severity of arbovirus encephalitis may range from subclinical to rapidly fatal necrotizing disease. Herpes encephalitis also produces signs and symptoms that vary from subclinical to acute and commonly fatal fulminating disease. Associated effects include disturbances of taste or smell.
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Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003
Headache:
Signs and symptoms
(Handbook of Diseases)
Migraine headaches and muscle contraction headaches have different signs and symptoms.
Migraine headache
Initially, a migraine headache usually produces unilateral, pulsating pain that later becomes more generalized. The headache is commonly preceded by a scintillating scotoma, hemianopsia, unilateral paresthesia, or speech disorders. The patient may experience irritability, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, and photophobia. (See Clinical features of headache, page 364.)
Muscle contraction headache
A muscle contraction headache produces a dull, persistent ache; tender spots on the head and neck; and a feeling of tightness around the head, with a characteristic “hatband” distribution. The pain is usually severe and unrelenting.
If caused by intracranial bleeding, the muscle contraction headache may result in neurologic deficits, such as paresthesia and muscle weakness; narcotics fail to relieve the pain in these cases. If the headache is caused by a tumor, pain is most severe when the patient awakens.
» READ BOOK EXCERPT ONLINE »
Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003
West Nile encephalitis:
Signs and symptoms
(Handbook of Diseases)
Mild WNV infections are more common than severe infections and include symptoms such as fever, headache, and body aches, often accompanied by swollen lymph glands and a skin rash. Severe infections present with symptoms such as headache, high fever, neck stiffness, stupor, disorientation, coma, tremors, occasional convulsions, paralysis and, rarely, death.
The incubation period for West Nile encephalitis is 5 to 15 days after exposure.
CLINICAL TIP: Researchers estimate that only 1 in 300 people who are bitten by a mosquito infected with WNV actually develops the disease.
» READ BOOK EXCERPT ONLINE »
Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003
Posttraumatic stress disorder:
Signs and symptoms
(Handbook of Diseases)
The psychosocial history of a patient with posttraumatic stress disorder may reveal early life experiences, interpersonal factors, military experiences, or other incidents that suggest the precipitating event. Typically, the patient may report that his symptoms began immediately or soon after the trauma, although they may not develop until months or years later. In such a case, avoidance symptoms usually have been present during the latency period.
Signs and symptoms include pangs of painful emotion and unwelcome thoughts; intrusive memories; dissociative episodes (flashbacks); a traumatic reexperiencing of the event; difficulty falling or staying asleep, frequent nightmares of the traumatic event, and aggressive outbursts on awakening; emotional numbing (diminished or constricted response); and chronic anxiety or panic attacks (with physical signs and symptoms).
The patient may display rage and survivor guilt, use of violence to solve problems, depression and suicidal thoughts, and phobic avoidance of situations that arouse memories of the traumatic event (such as hot weather and tall grasses for the Vietnam veteran).
Other symptoms include memory impairment or difficulty concentrating and feelings of detachment or estrangement that destroy interpersonal relationships. Some have physical symptoms, fantasies of retaliation, and substance abuse problems.
» READ BOOK EXCERPT ONLINE »
Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003
Tension headache as a Cause of Symptoms or Medical Conditions
When considering symptoms of Tension headache, it is also important to consider Tension headache as a possible cause of other medical conditions.
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Tension headache: Onset and Incubation
Onset of Tension headache: Approximately 3% of the population suffers from chronic-tension type headache.
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