Headache/Jaw Flashcards
1
Q
- 30’s
- Unilateral pain
- Mod - severe
- Exacerbated by neck movement
- Tender upper neck
A
Cervicogenic headache
2
Q
- 20’s, F
- m.c. primary type
- +/- naussea, photophobia, phonophobia (chronic)
- Bilateral pain
- mild - moderate
A
Tension headache
3
Q
- Children/Teen, F
- Type A personality
- (-) stress, hormones (mences), Tyramine, MSG
- Uni or bi
A
Common migraine
- 5 or more/ month
- 4-72 hours
- Not related to other disorders
- 2/4 unilateral, pulsating, ADL’s, mod-severe
- 1/2 nausea + vomit , phonophobia + photophobia
4
Q
- Male
- Short duration
- Severe
- Unilateral
- Stabbing
- (+) Physical activity
- (-) Alcohol
A
- Cluster headache
Parasympathetic symptoms associated
- ptosis, eye watering, nasal congestion
5
Q
- 20-40, F
- Temporal type headache
- Muscle spasm in jaw
- Clicking in jaw
- jaw tenderness
A
TMJ
6
Q
- Typically starts unilateral then spreads bilateral
- Feeling of fullness in face
- (-) head movements
- +/- Fever
- Long time smoker or sinus infection
A
Sinus Headache
7
Q
- 3 month - 3 years
- Fever
- Severe earache (pain)
- Hearing loss (SN if chronic)
- Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea
A
Otitis media
8
Q
- Blurry vision (starts peripheral)
- Dilated pupils
- Increasing Intra-ocular pressure
- Head pain
- No discharge
- Halos
A
Glaucoma
9
Q
- 60-70, F
- Lancerating, paroxysmal, unilateral facial pain
- Mouth –> eye (spares orbit)
- < 60 seconds
- Facial “tick” to try to alleviate the pain
- Triggered by touching face
A
Trigeminal neuralgia
- “Tix Douloureux”
Associated with M.S.
10
Q
> 70, F
- LG fever, HA, blurred vision
- Temporal tenderness
- Associated bilaterally symmetric pain in Neck, Shoulders + Hips (proximal extremities)
A
Temporal Arteritis associated with Polymyalgia Rheumatica
EMERGENCY
11
Q
- Diffuse, pulsating HA
- (-) activity
- AM headache
- +/- based on BP
- Can see papiledema /vision loss
A
Hypertension
EMERGENCY
