Pain is not painful, so that the "tension headache" is not "nervous".
Tension headache, also known as muscle contraction headache, is the most common type of functional headache, which refers to a tight or compressive non-pulsatile headache in the bilateral neck, occipital or whole head, with or without contractive contraction and tenderness or electromyographic changes of the head muscles. Muscle factors: the contraction of the muscles of the head and neck oppresses the arterioles in the muscles, leading to ischemia, 2. Vascular factors: abnormal regulation of vascular movement, causing tension headache. Such as severe colds, nasal congestion may cause tension headache; eye fatigue, a variety of eye diseases caused by ophthalmic headache will develop into tension headache. Long-term anxiety, depression, psychological stress, mental tension and other bad emotions. It is easy to cause chronic and lasting shoulder and back muscle contraction and induce tension headache. Long-term sleep is not good, people who stay up late are very easy to induce tension headache. Typical symptoms 1. Headache: can be unilateral, bilateral or whole head. The pain is persistent dull pain, pressure or heaviness.
Tension headache, also known as muscle contraction headache, is the most common type of functional headache, accounting for about 40%. It refers to a tight or compressive non-pulsating headache on both sides of the neck and occipital or the whole head, with or without contractive contraction of the head muscles and tenderness or electromyographic changes, paroxysmal or persistent.
Pathogenic factors
1. Muscle factor:The contraction of the muscles in the head and neck oppresses the arterioles in the muscles, leading to ischemia and tension headaches.
two。 Vascular factors:Abnormal regulation of vascular movement, causing tension headache.
3. Disease factors:Such as severe colds, nasal congestion may cause tension headache; eye fatigue, a variety of eye diseases caused by ophthalmic headache will develop into tension headache.
4. Mental factors:Long-term anxiety, depression, psychological stress, mental tension and other bad emotions.
5. Bad posture:Long-term desk or engaged in computer, microscope workers and other people, it is easy to create chronic and lasting shoulder and back muscle contraction, induce tension headache.
6. Other factors:Menopausal period, menopausal women, long-term sleep is not good, stay up late people are very easy to induce tension headache.
Typical symptoms
1. Headache:The location is uncertain, can be unilateral, bilateral or whole head. The pain shows persistent dull pain, a sense of tightness in the first week, a sense of pressure or heaviness.
two。 Accompanying symptoms:Insomnia, anxiety, palpitation, fatigue, etc.
Treatment measures
1. Basic treatment:Pay attention to rest and get enough sleep. Strengthen physical exercise. Lighten the mood. Adjust your daily standing posture and sitting posture.
two。 Acute treatment:Acetaminophen and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs can be used to relieve pain.
3. Traditional Chinese medicine treatment:Tension headache needs to be differentiated by the doctor in combination with the patient's condition, and then the medication plan should be made according to the syndrome type. You can take traditional Chinese medicine for soothing the liver and relieving depression and relieving pain, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, invigorating the spleen and nourishing the heart, nourishing yin and kidney to relieve pain.
4. Characteristic treatment of traditional Chinese medicine:Acupuncture and massage, scraping, acupoint, bloodletting and other treatment.