Lec 6 Flashcards
“The worst headache of my life”
Aneurysm
Acronym for Intracranial Pain Disorders
SNOOP
Systemic symptoms
Neurologic signs and symptoms
Onset is sudden
Onset after 40 years old
Pattern change
Primary Headache Disorders
1) Migraine
2) Tension-type
3) Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalgia
The simultaneous presence of two diseases or conditions in a patient.
Comorbidity
Comorbidity between these two conditions.
TMD and migraines
Vasoconstriction in the brain reduces blood to the brain, and get a reactionary vasodilation in the rest of the body.
Migraine
These are produced in migraines.
Prostaglandins
Electrophysiological hyperactivity followed by inhibition.
Cortical spreading depression
Occurs in the brain during hypoxic conditions and causes neuronal death.
Cortical spreading depression
Current mechanism of the migraine aura.
Cortical spreading depression
People with migraines have a depletion of this.
Serotonin
Dx:
1) Headaches attacks lasting 4-72 hours.
2) Headaches that are unilateral, pulsating, moderate or severe pain intensity, or aggravated by physical activity.
3) Nausea or vomiting during the headache, or photo/phonophobia.
Migraine without aura
In migraine with aura, visual or sensory changes occur how long before the actual headache?
10-30 minutes
Dx:
1) Aura that’s visual, sensory, speech/language, motor, brainstem, or retinal.
2) At least 1 aura symptom that spreads gradually over 5 minutes, or at least 2 symptoms that occur in succession.
3) At least one aura symptom that’s unilateral.
4) Headache occurs within 60 minutes of the aura.
Migraine with aura
Serotonin levels in people with migraines.
Low
Common medication to treat migraines.
Triptans
Treat migraines by acting like Serotonin.
Triptans
Meds used to treat migraines.
Triptans Beta blockers Antidepressants Ergots Calcium channel blockers.
Treats migraines by reducing trigeminal innervated muscular activity.
Plastic bite block that you put in the incisors.
More than 15 headaches in a month is what?
Migraine
Most common headache.
Tension-type