Tension‐Type Headache – The Normal and Most Prevalent Headache

• Published in: Headache Vol. 58; no. 2; pp. 339 - 345
• Main Author: Jensen, Rigmor Højland
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.02.2018
• Subjects: clinical presentation; Coexistence; Diagnosis; Diagnosis, Differential; Diagnostic systems; Differential diagnosis; Drugs; Epidemiology; Headache; Headaches; Humans; Migraine; Prevalence; primary headache; Tension; Tension-Type Headache - diagnosis; Tension-Type Headache - epidemiology; Tension-Type Headache - therapy; tension‐type headache; treatment; prevalence; treatment; primary headache; clinical presentation; tension-type headache

Premise Tension‐type headache (TTH) is the most prevalent form of primary headache in the general population but paradoxically the least studied headache. Problem In this article, the epidemiology and diagnostic challenges of TTH are presented and discussed. The typical features and differential dia...