Tension-type headache: one or more headaches?

In this context, the focus will be on the homogeneity of tension-type headache (T-TH): is it a disease? Or: is it more likely to be a syndrome? A multiplicity of disorders from as drastically different fields of medicine as disorders caused by environmental gases, intra-psychic conflicts, and nuchal...

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Published in:Functional neurology 2011-07, Vol.26 (3), p.165-170
Main Author: Sjaastad, Ottar
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Back Pain - complications
Environmental Exposure
Gases - adverse effects
Humans
Migraine with Aura - complications
Neck Pain - complications
Psychotic Disorders - complications
Tension-Type Headache - classification
Tension-Type Headache - diagnosis
Tension-Type Headache - etiology
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Summary:In this context, the focus will be on the homogeneity of tension-type headache (T-TH): is it a disease? Or: is it more likely to be a syndrome? A multiplicity of disorders from as drastically different fields of medicine as disorders caused by environmental gases, intra-psychic conflicts, and nuchal/cervical disorders can putatively fake T-TH. T-TH is in all probability a conglomerate of disorders and not one solid, homogeneous disorder.
ISSN:0393-5264
1971-3274