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Headaches in the Elderly Population
Elderly subjects are among those most affected by pain due to a plethora of chronic conditions, end of life issues, lack of personal resources and are often helpless to improve their situation without medical support [1]. Pain in elderly is often chronic, non-malignant and is disproportionately undertreated. Some elderly believe that pain is part of aging and they must live with it; health care...
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The diagnoses of the 193 patients aged 65 and over who attended the service of neurology in the past 15 years with de novo headache as their initial and main symptom were specifically analysed. Headaches beginning in elderly people represented only 5.4% of headaches in all ages, whereas 12.1% of the population in this health area was 65 or over. Head pain appeared more often in women (63%), alt...
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Headache disorders are highly prevalent throughout the world, and have a female predominance. More than 80% of women in the reproductive age group experience headache at some point, making it a common occurrence in pregnancy.1 The International Headache Society broadly categorizes headaches as primary or secondary. As is the case in the non-pregnant population, primary headaches (such as migrai...
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The neurovascular theory does is contrary to the vascular theory and instead suggest the vasodilation is a phenomenon that is a associated with trigeminal nerve axon activation from triggering mechanisms. This then releases neuropeptides such as substance P, neurokinin A, and CGRP (a potent vasodilator) from axon terminals near the meningeal and other blood vessels. This then produces an inflam...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
سال: 1993
ISSN: 0885-3924
DOI: 10.1016/0885-3924(93)90106-6