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Primary headache disorders, such as migraine, chronic daily headache (CDH), and chronic tension-type headache (CTTH), are some of the most frequent disorders encountered by physicians in the outpatient setting. Chronic headache disorders cause significant morbidity and functional impairment. Despite important advances in both pharmacological and behavioral management of headache disorders, a nu...

Migraine headache and temporomandibular disorders show significant overlap in the area or distribution of pain, the gender prevalence and age distribution. Temporomandibular disorders may cause headaches per se, worsen existent primary headaches, and add to the burden of headache disorders. The patients with combined migraine and tension-type headaches had a higher prevelance of temporomandibul...

Headache is the commonest symptom seen in both primary and secondary care. Vast majority are primary i.e. for which no underlying cause has been detected. Tension Headaches, Migraine and Cluster Headaches are the most common primary headache disorders in the population. Although most of the primary headache disorders can be satisfactorily treated with both acute and preventive medications, thos...

OBJECTIVE To compare the ability of a headache nurse specialist and consultant neurologists in diagnosing tension-type headache and migraine. METHODS An experienced neurology ward sister was trained in the differential diagnosis of headache disorders. Over six months, patients with non-acute headache disorders and role players trained to present with benign or sinister headaches were seen by ...

OBJECTIVE: Morning headaches have been associated with sleep-related breathing disorders and Sleep Bruxism (SB). The present study aims to investigate the relationship between SB, primary severity of Obstructive Apnea Syndrome (OSAS) in patients presenting morning a prediagnosis OSAS.
 MATERIALS AND METHODS: included 480 who OSAS headache complaints, were diagnosed according International ...

OBJECTIVE Characterize migraine and other headache disorders within a large population-based US military cohort, with an emphasis on the temporal association between military deployment and exposure to combat. BACKGROUND Little research has been published on the prevalence of headache disorders in the US military population, especially in relation to overseas deployments and exposure to comba...