What is post-traumatic headache?

Post-traumatic headache may occur following a traumatic brain injury (TBI). Headaches following TBI may get better quickly or last for years. Often, the headache is described as constant aching on both sides of the head and may be associated with intermittent throbbing or stabbing sensations.

How do members experience post-traumatic headache?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with post-traumatic headache*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for post-traumatic headache*

Who has post-traumatic headache on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 6
20s 56
30s 184
40s 375
50s 533
60s 338
70+ 123

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 680
Female 953

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What is post-traumatic headache?

Post-traumatic headache may occur following a traumatic brain injury (TBI). Headaches following TBI may get better quickly or last for years. Often, the headache is described as constant aching on both sides of the head and may be associated with intermittent throbbing or stabbing sensations.



Common symptoms reported by people with post-traumatic headache

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for post-traumatic headache

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Compare treatments taken by people with post-traumatic headache

Let’s build this page together! When you share what it’s like to have post-traumatic headache through your profile, those stories and data appear here too.

Got a question about living with post-traumatic headache? Members in the forum might have the answers.



Who has post-traumatic headache on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 0 new patients joined this month
  • 49 say post-traumatic headache is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 6
20s 56
30s 184
40s 375
50s 533
60s 338
70+ 123
Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom Proportion # of patients
0-19 years 16
20-29 years 16
30-39 years 15
40-49 years 17
50-59 years 7
60-69 years 0
70+ years 0

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 680
Female 953

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status Proportion # of patients
Diagnosed 70
Not Diagnosed 23

These charts show data from post-traumatic headache patients who have completed their condition history
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