Headaches Flashcards
What are the main types of headaches
Tension type headaches
Medication overuse headaches
Chronic TTH
Migraine
Refractive error related headaches
Whats the most common type of headache
Tension type
Whats the location of tension type headaches
Bilateral around the head
What kind of pain is the tension type headaches
Pressing like a vice distribution like a hat band
Treatment of TTH
Painkillers self limiting
Medication overuse headaches
Known as rebound headache
3rd most common headache after TTH and migraine
Caused by too much painkillers
Can lead to chronic THH
Chronic TTH
Can be chronic
Lower prevalence
Great effect on functioning
50% of chronic TTH are medication overuse headaches
How common are migraine
2nd most common
What is location of migraine
Often unilateral
What is frequency and type of migraine
Last for 4hr to 3 days
Throbbing
Treatment for migraine
Lie down in dark quiet room
What is location of refractive error related headaches
Frontal headache around or above eyes
Links to refractive error worse eye
What type refractive error related headaches
Dull
How to use SNOOP to identify sinister headaches
Systemic symptoms - such as fever, vomiting
Neurological - loss of consciousness
Neoplasm history - brain tumour
Onset is sudden
Older px
P - papilloedema, painful eye, post traumatic, pattern change, positional
What is giant cell arthritis
Typically found in older white females 55+
Unilateral headache
Head/scalp tenderness
Jaw pain - pain/tiredness after chewing
Early treatment with steroids can save vision and life
Emergency referral is needed
Closed angle glaucoma
Onset sudden and HA moderate to severe and nausea and vomiting
Ha in around eye and frontal
