Tension Headaches: What Increases Your Risk


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What Increases Your Risk


About 4 out of 100 people in the United States develop chronic tension headaches.1 Symptoms can start in childhood, but they are more likely to occur during middle age and be linked to stressful life events.2



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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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