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I am experiencing neck pain, moderate headache of gradual onset, lasting < 1 hour, on both sides, that gets worse with psychological stress, exercise, being tired, skipping meals, that is unaffected by sneeze or cough, and with dull or aching sensation, w

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Dr. Stuart Hickerson answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Headache: This sounds most consistent with a tension headache. Tension headaches cause 80% of headaches and are described as the following: "band like" or "tight hat", bilateral, generalized, occipital/neck or frontal.

Answered 8/5/2019

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