Mine-headache Flashcards
Signs and symptoms of basilar migraine
Vertigo, incoordination, incoordination of limbs, dysarthria, staggering
Familial disorder, periodic, unilateral pain, pulsatile, begin in childhood or early adulthood and diminishing in frequency during advancing age
Migraine
Affect the whole visual field of both eyes (temporal cortical blindness)
Basilar migraine
Recurrent unilateral headache associated with weakness of extra ocular muscles
Ophthalmoplegic migraine
Most common variety of headache, bilateral, predominance (frontal, occipotonuchal, temporal), pain is usually dull and aching, does not interfere with daily activities, middle age, coincide with anxiety, fatigue, depression in the trying times
Tension type headache
Severe unilateral orbital, supra orbital and or temporal pain lasting for 15 to 180 minutes untreated, predominantly in young males
Cluster headache
Headache accompanied or followed by: drowsiness, confusion, stupor, hemiparesis
Acute/chronic sub dural hematoma
Headache is a prominent feature of a complex syndrome comprising: giddiness, fatigability, insomnia, nervousness, trembling, irritability, inability to concentrate, tearfulness
Post traumatic nervous instability
Unilateral or bilateral retroauricular or occipital pain due to stretching or tearing of the ligaments and muscles of the occipotonuchal junction
Whiplash injury
Syndrome comprising severe episodic throbbing unilateral headache sometimes accompanied by ipsilateral mydriasis and excessive sweating
Dysautonomic changes
Most above 60 years old , intense throbbing or non-throbbing headache, unilateral, pain at night, ear >50 mm/h, intense granulomatous or giant cell arteritis
Temporal arteritis
Headache associated with greatly reduced pressure of the CSF compartment and probably caused by traction of cranial bld vessel
Low pressure and spinal puncture headache
Generalized headache may occur in conjunction with flushing of the face and hands and numbness of fingers
Erythrocyanotic
Explosive, severe and throbbing type
Headache which occur at time of orgasm
Indications : loss of consciousness, depressed sensorium or alertness, seizures and suspected metabolic encephalopathy
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