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Musculur pain
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Muscle contraction Headache
It is associated
with muscular contractions and not due to emotional tension. Pain may
occure intermittently or may be continuous for months or years. The pain
in often worse in the evening.
Post traumatic Headache.
This type of pain may occure due to muscle contraction, vasodilation,
scar formation or injuries to the neck structures.
Other
cause.
Other causes for muscular pain are trismus and myositis.
Psychogenic
pain.
Atypical facial pain :
This type of pain does not follow an anatomic pattern. The pain is described
as intermittent and moderate to severe pain. Pain is often felt deep in
the hard tissues. Middle aged females are affected more than the males.
It
may be a manifestation of depression and should be managed with antidepressant
and psychotherapy. Anxiety, obsessional neurosis and hysteria are noted
in these patients.
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