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Headaches are one of the most common health complaints people experience. Although headaches can range from irritating to incapacitating, most are not associated with a serious illness. However, the occurrence of a new type of headache requires medical evaluation to determine the cause.

The May 17, 2006, issue of JAMA includes an article about spontaneous intracranial hypotension, a disorder that causes headaches when the individual stands upright, with relief upon lying down. This Patient Page is based on one previously published in the March 19, 2003, issue of JAMA.

COMMON TYPES OF HEADACHES

Tension headaches are the most common type of headache. They are often accompanied by tension in the muscles of the head, neck, and shoulders. The pain from tension headaches is a constant, dull pain and is often described as a band squeezing around the head, like a tight hat. The pain is not incapacitating and usually occurs on both . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Sharon Parmet, MA, Writer; Cassio Lynm, MA, Illustrator; Richard M. Glass, MD, Editor

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