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| | Headache Lecture - Kathleen Digre, MD |
 | | Refers to a vascular headache with a well-defined aura or prodrome. | | | The Pain Pathway of Headache The major nucleus of headache pain is the spinal n. | | | Temporal arteritis (in the elderly with a new headache) |
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http://www-medlib.med.utah.edu/neuronet/headache/digre3.html
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| | Read about headache causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment on MedicineNet.com |
| | Examples of primary headaches are migraine headaches, tension headaches, and cluster headaches. | | | Cluster headaches are a rare type primary headache, affecting 0.1% of the population. | | | Tension headaches are the most common type of primary headache; as many as 90% of adults have had or will have tension headaches. |
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http://www.medicinenet.com/headache/article.htm
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| | Mostly this headache is relieved with a pain-killer. | | | Headache is one of the commonest ailments with which patients come to a doctor. | | | Headache caused by eye-strain can be confused with muscle contraction headache as it is referred to the eye-balls. |
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http://www.lakshdeep.com/headache.htm
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| | Yet headaches are often not seen as a true medical disorder--either by patients or by doctors. | | | Tension headaches, also known as muscle-contraction headaches, are characterized by dull, constant pain, often on both sides of the head. | | | The fact is that headache therapy is very individualized: What works for one person may not work for another. |
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http://www.fbhc.org/Patients/Modules/headache.cfm
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| | Headache - neurologychannel |
| | There are three types of primary headache: tension headache, cluster headache, and migraine. | | | Headache is a term used to describe aching or pain that occurs in one or more areas of the head, face, mouth, or neck. | | | Tension headache is the most common type of primary headache. |
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http://www.neurologychannel.com/headache
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| | Caffeine, caffeine withdrawal, adenosine, and primary headache |
| | BACKGROUND: Caffeine is an adenosine antagonist used as a headache and migraine medicine. | | | That would readily explain the major symptoms of primary headache (headache and nausea/vomiting), the high prevalence of primary headache, the irregularly episodic nature of primary headache, and the ability of caffeine to abort primary headache, and may explain many other symptoms and aspects of primary headache as well. | | | Prevailing assumptions about caffeine and headache, particularly the theory that primary headache is heterogeneous, have discouraged examination of the role of caffeine in primary headache. |
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http://www.batnet.com/spencer/theory.html
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| | Antidepressant medications have been used successfully in the treatment of chronic tension-type headache, and in the depressed patient with this type of headache, psychological counseling is often an important adjunct to antidepressant therapy. | | | It is not uncommon for the headache to be accompanied by ipsilateral lacrimation, ptosis and miosis. | | | Cluster headaches are characterized by short-lived excruciating, penetrating pain. |
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http://www.columbia.edu/~am430/headache.htm
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| | MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Headache |
| | A headache is pain or discomfort in the head, scalp, or neck. | | | Rebound headaches are caused by a cycle of using pain medications for short-term relief, followed by the headache pain returning for increasingly longer periods of time despite taking more pain medications. | | | Your headache is associated with slurred speech, change in vision, problems moving your arms or legs, loss of balance, confusion, or memory loss. |
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| | Medical information about cluster headaches |
| | Clinically, the concurrence of cluster headache and trigeminal neuralgia, the cluster-tic syndrome, in which both disorders are ameliorated by microvascular decompression of the sensory root of the trigeminal nerve, also points to a centrally mediated pain mechanism. | | | For the chronic cluster headache patient, lithium, nifedipine, and nimodipine are the major choices. | | | In approximately 70 percent of patients with cluster headaches, the carotid artery is palpably tender at several points in the neck (Raskin and Prusiner, 1977). |
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| | Welcome. You are not alone. |
| | The American Council for Headache Education(ACHE) is a nonprofit patient-health professional partnership dedicated to advancing the treatment and management of headache and to raising the public awareness of headache as a valid, biologically based illness. | | | Through education in the causes and treatment of headache, sufferers can be empowered and equipped to seek effective therapies and knowledgeable health care providers who can aid them in achieving better quality of life. | | | Our goals are to empower headache sufferers through education, and to support them by educating their families, employers, and the public in general. |
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http://www.achenet.org
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| | Headache Care Center - Clinic, Research, and Education |
| | Headache Care Center is a nationally recognized referral center for clinicians and patients seeking an interdisciplinary and personalized approach to the treatment of headache. | | | Founded in 1996, Headache Care Center is on the forefront of research, education, and treatment. | | | Staffed with highly qualified national experts in the field of headache, the clinic is a state-of-the-art facility centrally located in Springfield, Missouri, easily making it a medical destination for individuals suffering from all forms of headache. |
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http://www.headachecare.com
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| | Carbamazepine, clonazepam or valproate are effective in the prophylaxis of migraine headache. | | | Population characteristics: Patients with muscle tension headaches and with migraine headaches | | | Drug therapy is indicated if the headaches threaten to disrupt the patient's ability to function normally. |
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http://www.montana.edu/wwwebm/Headache.htm
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| | Most headaches are due to strain on the muscles in the neck or head, or congestion of the blood vessels which supply them; the brain itself cannot feel pain because it contains no pain receptors. | | | A bad headache, with a temperature of more than 100°F or 38°C and intolerance of light, may be Meningitis; pain behind one eye, with blurred vision `may be acute Glaucoma or Iritis; if any of these conditions is suspected, (2). | | | That very common form of headache, the hangover, is mainly caused by dehydration (alcohol is a powerful diuretic). |
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http://www.drlockie.com/disease/head.htm
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| | Headache Information |
| | Primary headaches include tension-type, migraine, and cluster headaches and are not caused by other underlying medical conditions. | | | During the past year, nearly 90% of men and 95% of women have had at least one headache. | | | In light of the growing trend towards self-care, you have more responsibility than ever in safeguarding you and your family's health and well-being. |
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http://achenet.org/understanding
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| | Headache |
| | Menstrual migraine - NL Risk of headache medication for pregnant patients - NL Facial pain - NL Cluster Headache - NL | | | Tension-type, the forgotten headache - Postgraduate Medicine - April 2002 | | | Migraine, Prophylactic treatment, symptomatic treatment - NL Clues to specific headache diagnosis - NL Differential Dx of Recurrent Benign Headache - NL imigraine.net by Troost |
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| | Healthopedia.com - Headache |
| | You are here : Healthopedia.com > Health Centers > Headache Center | | | The information provided herein is intended for your general knowledge only and is not a substitute for medical advice or treatment for specific medical conditions. | | | Links to other sites are provided for information only -- they do not constitute endorsements of those other sites. |
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| | AHS: Headache |
| | Headache is the official journal of the American Headache Society. | | | AHS Members can now access full-text articles through the Members Only site. | | | Fully peer-reviewed, distributed to 700 libraries and indexed by Index Medicus, Headache is published 10 times per year by Blackwell Publishing, Inc. |
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