Headaches: Identifying And Avoiding Triggers: Why Identify And Avoid Tension Headache Triggers

Headaches: Identifying And Avoiding Triggers
Introduction
What are common tension headache triggers?
Why identify and avoid tension headache triggers?
How to identify and avoid headache triggers
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Why identify and avoid tension headache triggers?

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Keeping a headache diary can seem tedious and unnecessary. But by tracking your daily activity, the foods you eat, stress, and other environmental factors, you may uncover a pattern to your headaches and identify easy ways to avoid future tension headaches. Simply put, when you know and avoid your tension headache triggers, you should experience fewer headaches. This will ultimately improve your quality of life and reduce the frequency of your tension headaches. See an example of a headache diary (What is a PDF document?) .

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Last updated:	July 30, 2007
Author:	Monica Rhodes
Reviewed By:	Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine, Colin Chalk, MD, CM, FRCPC - Neurology
Editors:	Kathleen M. Ariss, MS, Pat Truman, MATC

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