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advertisement Headache TensionOf all the headaches most frequent are tension headaches (GBN). Specifically defined as headache that occurs in response to mental stress, occurring a result of acute or chronic stress. Also, mental strain can be combined with muscle strain escape (head, cervical spine), which kicking heads helmet. GBN occurrence is 70%. It may occur in patients of all ages, usually much more among women. International Association suggests the following diagnostic criteria of tension headache: * Length of episode headache should not be less than 30 minutes. In episodic GBN - from 30 minutes to seven days. In chronic GBN possible and have afflicted almost daily headaches. * Headache described as a compression, tightening, and gloves, monotonous. Shake pain is not specific. * The localization headache diffuse, bilateral. This intensity could increase to one side. Patients figuratively enough describe their location of the pain: head pulled down by a helmet, wears, helmets, facelift. * Headache is not affected by increasing daily physical activity. * At an altitude headache accompanying symptoms may appear: painfully aware of the sounds, refers, lack of appetite or nausea. Typically, these symptoms do not appear simultaneously, there is isolation which clinically brightly expressed. Occasional tension headaches are those, where the number of days with headache is not more than 15 per month, or 180 per year. In chronic GBN number of days with headache more than 15 per month, or 180 per year. In the 1st team sporadic GBN are less severe over-intensity headache for 10 visual analog scale usually no more than 4 points. In this type headaches leading disturbing disorder. In group 2 with chronic GBN, with a frequency of headache much more than 20 days in the month of paramount importance in the development of pain is depression. Chronic headaches always intensively evaluated by patients in 5-6 scores, and more typically, the pain disruptive to the social activism of patients reduced their efficiency and quality of life. Widespread of GBN defined primarily by multiple causes of it. Among the reasons for GBN ranking first is the reaction to the psychosocial stress and emotional status, anxiety and depression. This depression can be clinically and evidently not expressed, and before SARS, disguised. In such cases, patients are often the first to complain, in addition to pain, there is irritability, the constant feeling of fatigue, rapid fatigability, broken sleep and appetite. Indeed depressive symptoms behind the range of complaints. The reasons of tension headache (GBN) also include long muscle strain in anti physiological poses. In most cases it involves a career-long work at the computer for a typewriter machines, driving. Also inconvenient posture during sleep can cause. Medicines play a significant role in tension headaches. Thus, the excess long reception of analgesics can cause GBN. The same applies to the excess admission of tranquilizers. It is that long reception as analgesics, and tranquilizers that may cause not only increasing more tension headache and moving them into a chronic form, but also contribute to the development of the depressed state. Typically, causes of headache with each patient are different, with all possible combinations. The factors that provoke further increase in pain (GBN) include changing weather, strong winds, and forced starvation, the air in a room, sleepless nights, admission alcohol, and prolonged physical and mental overload. Clinical manifestations in patients with GBN always varied, and except headaches they have other pain syndromes - abdominal pain, pain in the neck or back. Pain Syndrome is often accompanied by fear, irritability, increased sweating, blood pressure volatility. Tags: Headache Articles Headache Tension Headache Tension |
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