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ACUPUNCTURE AND HEADACHE About headache
Headache is one of the most frequent reasons for medical consultations, in both general practice and neurology clinics.(Steiner 2007) Migraine has been covered in a separate Fact Sheet so this one will focus on tension-type headache. These occur in up to around 80% of the UK adult population(Steiner 2007), and are more prevalent in women (65% of cases in one survey).(Friedman 1954) Symptoms beg...
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CLINICAL HISTORY A 35-year-old woman was seen with a chief complaint of the 2 worst headaches of her life. Six days previously, she awoke from sleep about 6 am with a non-stabbing pressure on the top of her head like her head was going to explode with an intensity of 10/10 with light and noise sensitivity but no nausea or other symptoms. She went to the emergency department that afternoon where...
متن کاملAcute Headache
Acute Headache accounts for about 3% of acute medical unit admissions and up to 8% of Emergency Room attendances. What follows is an approach to this problem based on the characteristics of the presenting headache type. For each type of acute headache there is a fairly well defined differential diagnosis. If you appreciate the clinical features that are associated with different headache disord...
متن کاملCluster headache
Cluster headache (CH) is a primary headache disease characterized by recurrent short-lasting attacks (15 to 180 minutes) of excruciating unilateral periorbital pain accompanied by ipsilateral autonomic signs (lacrimation, nasal congestion, ptosis, miosis, lid edema, redness of the eye). It affects young adults, predominantly males. Prevalence is estimated at 0.5-1.0/1,000. CH has a circannual a...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Future Neurology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1479-6708,1748-6971
DOI: 10.2217/fnl.09.27