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Cefaleia tensional

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Última revisão: 20 Set 2025
Última atualização: 01 Abr 2025

Resumo

Definição

História e exame físico

Principais fatores diagnósticos

  • presença de fatores de risco
  • dor de cabeça generalizada
  • dor de cabeça frontal ou occipital
  • dor de cabeça não pulsátil
  • dor constritiva
  • exame neurológico normal
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Outros fatores diagnósticos

  • sensibilidade pericraniana
  • sensibilidade do músculo esternocleidomastoideo
  • sensibilidade do músculo trapézio
  • sensibilidade do músculo temporal
  • sensibilidade do músculo pterigoideo lateral
  • sensibilidade do músculo masseter
  • fotofobia ou fonofobia
  • náuseas
  • uso regular de analgésicos
  • ansiedade e depressão
  • Somatização
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Fatores de risco

  • tensão mental
  • estresse
  • pular refeições
  • fadiga
  • privação de sono
  • Somatização
  • sexo feminino
  • idade 20-39 anos
  • situação socioeconômica baixa
  • uso excessivo de analgésicos
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Investigações diagnósticas

Primeiras investigações a serem solicitadas

  • diagnóstico clínico
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Investigações a serem consideradas

  • tomografia computadorizada (TC) dos seios da face
  • ressonância nuclear magnética (RNM) cranioencefálica
  • punção lombar
  • polissonografia
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Algoritmo de tratamento

AGUDA

ataque agudo

CONTÍNUA

sintomas crônicos (>7 a 9 dias de cefaleia/mês)

Colaboradores

作者

Mark W. Green, MD, FAAN
Mark W. Green

Professor of Neurology, Anesthesiology and Rehabilitation Medicine

Emeritus Director of Headache and Pain Medicine

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

New York

NY

利益声明

MWG declares that he has no competing interests.

Rachel Colman, MD

Assistant Professor of Neurology

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

New York

NY

利益声明

RC declares that she has no competing interests.

同行评议者

Sait Ashina, MD

Assistant Professor of Neurology and Anesthesia

Harvard Medical School

Director of Comprehensive Headache Center

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre

Boston

MA

利益声明

SA has received honoraria from and is a consultant for Abbvie/Allergan, Eli Lilly, Linpharma, Lundbeck, Satsuma, Teva, Theranica, Percept, and Impel NeuroPharma. SA is an author of one of the references in this topic.

Giles Elrington, MBBS (Hons), MD, FRCP

Consultant Neurologist

Barts Health NHS Trust

London

UK

利益声明

GE is involved in a number of clinical trials on multiple sclerosis sponsored by Genzyme, Roche, Teva, Novartis, Biogen, as well as one funded by the MRC. He is also involved in clinical trials sponsored by Allergan, NMT Medical, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Bristol-Myers, the UK's Parkinson's Disease Research Group, and Pharmacia. In addition, he has attended lectures, conferences, and symposia with the following companies: GSK, AstraZeneca, MSD, Almirall, Pfizer, Menarini, Allergan, Biogen, Teva, Conference Plus, Infomed, BMJ.

Paul Davies, MA, MD, FRCP

Consultant Neurologist

Northampton General Hospital

Northampton

UK

利益声明

PD declares that he has no competing interests.

Peer reviewer acknowledgements

BMJ Best Practice topics are updated on a rolling basis in line with developments in evidence and guidance. The peer reviewers listed here have reviewed the content at least once during the history of the topic.

Disclosures

Peer reviewer affiliations and disclosures pertain to the time of the review.

参考文献

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关键文献

Headache Classification Committee of the International Headache Society (IHS) The International Classification of Headache Disorders, 3rd edition. Cephalalgia. 2018 Jan 25;38(1):1-211.全文

Ashina S, Mitsikostas DD, Lee MJ, et al. Tension-type headache. Nat Rev Dis Primers. 2021 Mar 25;7(1):24. 摘要

Bendtsen L, Evers S, Linde M, et al. EFNS guideline on the treatment of tension-type headache - report of an EFNS task force. Eur J Neurol. 2010 Nov;17(11):1318-25.全文  摘要

Headaches in pregnancy and postpartum: ACOG clinical practice guideline No. 3. Obstet Gynecol. 2022 May 1;139(5):944-72. 摘要

Banzi R, Cusi C, Randazzo C, et al. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) for the prevention of tension-type headache in adults. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2015;(5):CD011681.全文  摘要

Linde K, Allais G, Brinkhaus B, et al. Acupuncture for the prevention of tension-type headache. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2016;(4):CD007587.全文  摘要

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