Open AccessTensional headache in medicine graduation
Author(s) -
Paulo Victor Protásio Bezerra,
Gustavo Soares Gomes Barros Fonseca,
Maria Luiza Mendes Machado,
Natália Murad Schmitt,
Euler Nicolau Sauaia Filho
Publication year - 2021
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
DOI - 10.5327/1516-3180.171
Subject(s) - graduation (instrument) , medicine , disease , epidemiology , population , stress (linguistics) , tension headache , medical education , psychology , family medicine , migraine , psychiatry , pathology , environmental health , linguistics , philosophy , geometry , mathematics
Tension headache has become a major health problem for medical students. This can trigger a worsening in the quality of life of the student and hinder their learning, corroborating for an impaired education. Better understanding of the topic is necessary so the academics can have a better overview of the problem. Objective: Clarify the relationship between tension headache and the quality of life of medical students. Methods: Articles from the last ten years were selected on the Scielo and Google Scholar portal platforms, which made it possible through an online scenario. Results: The mechanisms of tension headache are controversial and their pathophysiology complex and poorly understood. In crises, analgesics, antiinflammatories, muscle relaxants and/or caffeine are applied. In the articles studied, epidemiological data suggest that most students (99%) have already had a headache case during their lifetime and such occurrences are related to moments of stress and tiredness (74%). It is visible, that the academic affected by various activities, is a target for the disease. Conclusion: The prevalence of tension headache in the medical student was higher than that of the general population, with stress as the main reason. then a resolution on the issue of pain regarding stress is necessary since it proved to be inappropriate.