Morning Headaches After Concussion
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Morning headaches after concussion. Local pain in the back of the head neck shoulder. Headaches after a concussion or mild traumatic brain injury are one of the most common side effects of a head injury. The pain is more often dull and steady rather. This type of head pain can also be the result of falling and hitting the head against an object or intentional shaking or blunt force to the neck and head.
The american migraine foundation reports that 78 of people still experience headaches three months post injury 35 after one year and 24 after two years. Headaches are one of the most common symptoms after concussion in both children and adults. Fortunately the symptoms of a single simple concussion resolve in a week or less for most kids but a few children and teenagers will have headaches and other symptoms related to concussion for weeks or even months after their injury. Headaches after concussion occur when there has been a blunt trauma to the head or neck.
This type of head pain is described as pain that starts at the base of the head neck area. However for some individuals they can become a significant complication that persists long after the initial injury has occurred developing into potentially chronic post concussion headaches. Ptha is a catch all term that merely notes the presence of headache after the initial injury period but it doesn t describe the specific type of headache. Post concussion syndrome is a complex disorder in which various symptoms such as headaches and dizziness last for weeks and sometimes months after the injury that caused the concussion.