Headache is a common symptom that constitutes a major health problem to all countries in the world. This study was conducted to estimate the prevalence of migraine and tension -type headaches(TTH), its associated occupational risk factors among Shiraz hospitals staffs, and to report on clinical characteristics of migraine and TTH with using the International Headache Society (IHS) diagnosis cri...

Primary headache syndromes may generally be distinguished as being either episodic, such as typical migraine or cluster headache, or chronic, such as chronic tension-type headache (CTTH) or hemicrania continua. In truth it is chronic headache, and most particularly chronic daily headache (CDH) in its various forms, that gives the sub-speciality of headache a bad name. Daily headache in all its ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of headache and migraine, to identify symptoms that accompany headache attack, and to determine the possible effect of headache on school attendance, among high school students. METHODS A cross-sectional, questionnaire-based study of secondary school students of the National Guard Housing in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, was executed during the academi...

We sent an anonymous self-administered questionnaire to 4200 employees of a Trust hospital, 1903 of whom returned it. We identified 158 migraine sufferers according to International Headache Society (IHS) criteria. These sufferers estimated 2.0 days/year absence from work, and an equivalent of 5.5 days/year lost by reduced effectiveness at work, caused by their migraine at an estimated financia...

Controversies in the occurrence and implications of headache in patients suffering from systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) triggered us to conduct an extensive literature search in order to answer five clinical questions. (i) Is headache prevalence higher in SLE patients than in the general population? (ii) Is 'lupus headache' a separate entity? (iii) Is there a distinct pathogenetic mechanism ...

PURPOSE To investigate the frequency and patterns of headache in a well-defined and homogeneous group of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis (MTLE-HS) patients. METHODS One hundred consecutive MTLE-HS patients under comprehensive presurgical evaluation were evaluated from May 2009 to April 2010. A standardized questionnaire was applied according to the criteria of the Int...

These recommendations, the second set developed for the International Headache Society (IHS) by its Ethics Subcommittee, evolved over 3 years. This extended period allowed time for public consultation, an important part of the formulation process, and for consequent revision. The recommendations were presented in this final form to IHS Council in late 2005, and approved for publication in Cepha...

Migraine is a constellation of neurological symptoms with variable disease progression. Despite the standardization of migraine diagnosis with the International Headache Society (IHS) criteria, its etiology eludes medical research because its complexity as a disease lies in the multiple factors involved in migraine onset. The study of migraine genetics is providing important clues to the pathop...

TOUCH MEDICAL MEDIA 39 Population based studies show that primary headaches, such as migraine, are very common disorders.1 Similar accounts to vertigo and dizziness, which are are also symptoms frequently complained of.2 A significant proportion of patients report suffering these symptoms (headache, dizziness and/or vertigo) simultaneously and independently of each other. This especially accoun...