Tension headaches may be caused by heredity, psychogenic factors, pericranial muscle diseases, temporomandibular joint dysfunction and so on. 1. Tension headache has a certain genetic susceptibility, with a tendency of family aggregation, so genetic factors may be one of the diseases leading to tension headache attacks. 2. Anxiety, depression and other psychiatric disorders are also prone to cause tension headache, and tension headache attack will also anxiety and depression, forming a vicious circle. 3. Pericranial muscle diseases, such as upper neck muscles, upper trapezius muscles, and intervertebral muscle contraction, myofascial tension caused by endogenous analgesic substance synthesis and release increase, resulting in tension headache. 4. Temporomandibular joint disorders are also one of the triggers of tension headache. When tension headache occurs, you need to consult a doctor in time, under the guidance of the doctor to clarify the cause, reasonable treatment.