Headaches

Question 0

Risk of untreated temporal Arteritis?

Answer 0

Blindness

Question 1

What 3 things can’t you miss for headaches?

Answer 1

Mass lesion
Vasculitis
Meningitis

Question 2

Treatment of Temporal Arteritis?

Answer 2

high dose prednisolone

Question 3

Red Flags of Headache?

Answer 3

sudden
pas history of Ca
Immunosuppressed
Travel
neck stiffness/photophobia
'hard' neurology

Question 5

what are 2 secondary causes of idiopathic intracranial hypertension?

Answer 5

venous sinus thrombosis

tetracyclines

Question 6

migraine has to have aura?

Answer 6

Nope: more than 2/3rds have no aura

Question 7

exercise and migraine?

Answer 7

bad idea, aggravates

Question 8

Migraine aura thought to be caused how?

Answer 8

glial, cortical spreading depression, occipital onset

Question 9

onset of migraine symptoms?

Answer 9

creeping over minutes

Question 10

what kind of meds can cause headaches?

Answer 10

opiates, triptans

Question 11

photo/phono phobia with meningeal headaches?

Answer 11

yes

Question 12

what can mimic a thunderclap headache?

Answer 12

sexual/exertional headaches

Question 13

xanthochromia is?

Answer 13

yellow CSF suggestive of SubAH

Question 14

Dx for SAH?

Answer 14

CT

Lumbar puncture

Question 15

what does it mean if headache is worse with valsalva or in the morning?

Answer 15

probably raised intracranial pressure

Question 16

If you think it could be a TIA then what?

Answer 16

TIA until proven otherwise