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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?
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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
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?
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