UNLABELLED Clinical differentiation between the primary headaches and temporomandibular disorders (TMD) can be challenging. OBJECTIVES To investigate the relationship between TMD and primary headaches by conducting face to face assessments in patients from an orofacial pain clinic and a headache tertiary center. METHOD Sample consists of 289 individuals consecutively identified at a headach...

INTRODUCTION MIDAS is a valid and reliable short questionnaire for assessment of headache related disability. Linguistic validation of Persian MIDAS and assessment of psychometric properties between tension type headache (TTH) and migraine were the aims of this study. METHODS Patients with migraine or TTH were included. At the first visit, we administered a headache symptom questionnaire, MID...

Clark, Chelsea (2013) "The temporal relationship between daily stress and delayed modulation of chronic headache pain," Introduction Headache pain affects a large portion of the population and can be very disabling for those who experience it. About 4% of general practitioner visits in the medical field are made up of headache consultations, and one of the most common reasons for referral to a ...

In contrast to patent foramen ovale that is highly prevalent in the general population, atrial septal defect (ASD) is a rare congenital heart defect. The effect of ASD closure on headache and migraine remains a matter of controversy. The objectives of our study were (1) to determine headache prevalence in consecutive patients with ASD scheduled for percutaneous closure for cardiologic indicatio...

Migraine is a disabling headache disorder. That is characterized by recurrent unilateral pulsatile headaches. It is one of the most common neurological disorder in the world that nearly one billion of people are affected by migraines. The main Migraine’s features are headaches. Accompanying symptoms are nausea, sometimes vomiting, photophobia, neck pain and muscle tension. Its attacks las...

Several family practitioners have told me that their hearts sink when a patient comes into the surgery complaining of migraine. I can sympathise with this feeling if the waiting room is full; it takes several minutes to establish a diagnosis, and a few more to find out the particular patient's triggering factors and then to explain and prescribe the appropriate treatment. The patient may theref...

background: the prevalence of migraine headaches significantly increased in girls after menarche. this indicated that there is a closely relation between hormonal changes especially the estrogen level with migraine headaches. objectives: the aim of this work was to determine the frequency of migraine and its associated factors in medical students affected with premenstrual syndrome (pms). mater...

Primary chronic headaches of long duration include chronic migraine, chronic tension-type headache, new daily persistent headache, and hemicrania continua. This article reviews the utility of neuroimaging and other testing for diagnosis of these headaches. The presentation and diagnosis of the many secondary headaches that can mimic primary headache types are also discussed, including arteriove...

Methods: The present study was of cross sectional and correlational studies. The measures included Headache Disability Inventory and Young Early Maladaptive Schemas Questionnaire (Short Form). The population of the study was Tehran adult patients with migraine and tension headache aged 18 to 55 years. The final study sample included 69 participants with migraine or tension headaches and 86 nonc...