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Headaches Flashcards

1
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Tension HA

A

Usually starts in back of head
Steady, vice-like, non-throbbing, pain in neck
No aura, no GI sx, exacerbated by stress
Lasts for a long period of time

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Meds for tension HA

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NSAIDS
Midol?
Robaxin (muscle relaxant)

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Tension HA prophylaxis

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Amitriptyline

Topirimate

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Migraine HA

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Characterized by neuro, GI, autonomic changes
Migraine w/ or w/o aura
Caused by spasm of vertebral vessels
Pain caused by dilation of extracranial arteries

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What causes the aura?

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Diminished cerebral perfusion

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Common Migraine

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Migraine w/o aura

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Classic migraine

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Migraine with aura, scintillating scotoma

onset within 60 minutes of aura

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Opthalmoplegic Migraine

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Lateralized pain, N/V, diploplia
INvolves CN III, VI
Headache lasting more than a couple of days

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Basilar Migraine

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Bilateral visual disturbance
Ataxia
Dysarthrias

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Triptans

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First-line for moderate to severe migraine
Rizatriptan
Zolmitriptan
Sumatriptan

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Triptan CI

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Coronary vasospasm
Ischemic heart dz
CVD
age >65

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Tx for Migraine HA

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Propranolol
TCA's
SSRI's
CCB's
Topirimate
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Cluster HA

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Less common, more severe
Come in clusters
More common in men 50-60
Smoking is big risk factor (but quitting doesnt help)
ETOH provokes attacks
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Cluster HA S/S

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Pain around one eye, drooping of the lid
Tearing and congestion on same side as pain
Steady, stabbing deep eye pain
Attacks often occur within 2-3 hrs of falling asleep
Injected eye, unilateral

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Horner’s syndrome

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Miosis
Ptosis
Associated with cluster HA

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Cluster HA acute tx

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Oxygen and Triptan

17
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Cluster HA prophylaxis

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Verapamil (CCB)

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Thunderclap HA =?

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Subarachnoid hemorrhage

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Idiopathic Intracranial HTN (IIH)

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AKA pseudomotor cerebri
Syndrome of elevated ICP
Ages 15 - 45, obese women
Papilledema w/ transient visual sx
Pulsatile tinnitus
20
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IIH Dx

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LP

MRI/CT

21
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IIH Tx

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Acetazolamide
Monitor
Treat cause

22
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Temporal arteritis tx

A

Steroids

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