Headahces Flashcards
Chronic pain/HA unresponsive to medications. Dull, bilat pain for 4hr/d, 15d/month, for 3 months. Near daily HA
Medication overuse
Commonly bilateral and periorbital. No visual problems. Gradual buildup. No aura.
Migraine without aura (common)
Aura but no HA
Migraine Equivalent
-Usually pulsatile. Dull ache. Often unilateral. Phono/photophobia. Gradual buildup. Visual disturbances common
Migraine w/ aura (classic)
-Bilateral. Pressure/tightness which waxes and wanes. May be worse at neck/back of head. -No focal neuro neuro symptoms. Stress/emotional symptoms may worsen -Relaxtion, NSAIDS
Tension
HA w/in 1-2d p injury, gradually worsening before gradually improving. HA p 1-2weeks not likely related to injury. Contstant dull ache, throbbing, disequilirbirum .
Post-concussive (post-traumatic)
Often tension like pain, generally bilat, n/v, worse with valsalva/exerction -NEW/NEW TYPE FOR PATIENT, NEW NEURO SYMPTOMS
HA due to mass lesion
-Unilateral, often beings around eye or temple. Acute onset, reaches max w/in minutes, deep, continuous, excruciating, explosive pain. -Lasts 30mins-3hrs. -Ipsilateral lacrimation, eye redness, rhinorrhea. More men than women -Oxygen
Cluster