A tension-type headache is a dull, pressing pain on both sides of the head, often with tight neck and shoulder muscles. It is not dangerous, but it is tiring.

What helps: regular sleep, regular meals, water through the day, breaks from screens, and gentle neck stretches. Paracetamol works for an occasional headache; taking painkillers on more than two days a week can itself cause headaches.

Keep a diary of when the headache comes and what preceded it; bring it to your next visit or note it on the portal.

Call the clinic if the headache is sudden and the worst of your life, comes with fever and a stiff neck, follows a head injury, or brings weakness, confusion or trouble speaking - for those, call 997.