headaches Flashcards
1
Q
An 80-year old woman has pains over her forehead which was previously the site of an episode of shingles
A
post-herpetic neuralgia
2
Q
A 40-year old man presents with a 2-day history of pain in the mandible at the site of a recent tooth filling
A
dental abscess
3
Q
A 75-year old woman complains of severe dull headache with scalp tenderness when she combs her hair
A
temporal arteritis
4
Q
A 16-year old girl give a 2 year history of episodic unilateral throbbing headache associated with vomiting and photophobia
A
migraine
5
Q
A 60-year old woman presents with a 2-week history of gradually worsening occipital headache. The pain is made worse by coughing, and tends to improve as the day goes on.
A
raised ICP
