BACKGROUND Little is known about the prevalence of primary and secondary headache in clinics in Japan. The aim of this study is to characterize patients with headache in an outpatient unit where primary care physicians are working in Japan. METHODS Consecutive outpatients who newly visited the Department of General Medicine, Asahikawa Medical College Hospital, Asahikawa, Japan between April 2...

Background and Objective. Primary headaches is a major medical concern in certain Arabic countries, for example Oman, Jordan, and Qatar. This study was aimed at increasing understanding of the prevalence of headache in Arabic countries and identifying common medications used for treatment because of the lack of research done in this field in Yemen. Methods. This is a cross-sectional observation...

Though migraine and tension-type headache are common, some primary headache syndromes are relatively rare and poorly recognized in daily practice. Despite the diagnostic challenges, the short-lasting primary headaches are important to recognize because of their excellent but highly selective response to treatment. In 1997 Goadsby and Lipton documented a nosological analysis and definition of a ...

Headache is the commonest symptom seen in both primary and secondary care. Vast majority are primary i.e. for which no underlying cause has been detected. Tension Headaches, Migraine and Cluster Headaches are the most common primary headache disorders in the population. Although most of the primary headache disorders can be satisfactorily treated with both acute and preventive medications, thos...

Objective: Headache is one of the common complaints of referral patients. The prevalence of symptoms of depression and anxiety in patients with headache is significant. The previous researches suggested the role of self-efficacy of pain in modifying psychological symptoms and improving clinical outcomes. The current study aimed at investigating the role of self-efficacy beliefs of pain in psych...

Gary A. L’Europa MD, FASH  wHat CliniCal findings are Most useful for differentiating aMong tHe various types of HeadaCHes? When asked to comment on this topic I immediately thought of the advice that Seymour Diamond, founder of the Diamond Headache Center and the godfather of headache gave to his daughter Merl when she succeeded him as director, “Merl, it’s all migraine.” About 90% of all the...

PURPOSE Many patients presenting with headache also complain of constipation; the relationship between these two symptoms has not been explored in detail. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between primary headache and constipation. METHODS This retrospective study included all children who attended the Inje University Sanggye Paik Hospital complaining of headache, and w...

primary angiitis of the central nervous system (pacns) is an idiopathic disorder (vasculitis) restricted to the central nervous system (cns). it often presents with focal neurological deficits suggesting stroke or a combination of confusion and headache. we herein report three cases with various combinations of fever, partial seizure, encephalopathy, paresis, headache and ataxia. one of them wa...

Chronic daily headache (CDH) is a descriptive term that encompasses multiple headache diagnoses and affects approximately 4% of the general adult population. Chronic daily headache results in significant pain and suffering with substantial impact on quality of life, and enormous economic costs to society. Although most patients with primary CDH suffer from chronic migraine or chronic tension-ty...