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Help doctors! what're vascular and tension" headaches"?
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Hedaches: Vascular headache: is due to the dilation of the arteries of the brain. The pain is often described as throbbing or pounding and is often accompanied by nausea and/or vomiting. The most common vascular headache are the migraine and cluster headache. Tension headache: is generally caused by involuntary contractions of the muscles of the scalp, jaws, face, may be due to fatigue and stress.
Answered 4/9/2016
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