Tension Headache: Prevention and Complications

Prevention Tips

• Living a healthy lifestyle
• Cognitive behavioural therapy (therapy that helps you reduce stress and reduce frequency of headaches)
• Relaxation techniques
• Avoid bright light, as this affects behind your eyes and makes your headache worse

Watch Out

• Speech, vision, or movement problems or loss of balance
• Headache with fever and vomiting

When to See Doctor

• abrupt, severe headache
• very stiff neck, fever, nausea, vomiting, confusion and speaking difficulties