F or the neurologist faced with the day to day grind of clinical work a change to terminology may seem like the academics ‘‘at it again’’. I will try to set out this change and illustrate a physiology that may be attractive to understand, and hopefully one that enhances, clinical practice. Appreciating the physiology of the trigeminalautonomic reflex can make patients presenting with varying de...

INTRODUCTION The revised International Headache Society (IHS) criteria for cluster headache are: attacks of severe or very severe, strictly unilateral pain, which is orbital, supraorbital, or temporal pain, lasting 15 to 180 minutes and occurring from once every other day to eight times daily. METHODS AND OUTCOMES We conducted a systematic review and aimed to answer the following clinical que...

STUDY DESIGN Systematic literature review. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the diagnostic validity of manual examination techniques used to diagnose cervicogenic headache (CGH). BACKGROUND Cervicogenic headache is a specific type of headache that originates from the cervical spine and is typically chronic in nature. Diagnostic criteria for CGH have been established by the International Headache Socie...

(CDH) in adults. The International Headache Society (IHS) Classification,2,3 does not incorporate CDH as a separate entity. Silberstein et al4 proposed a classification for CDH; they recognized that further modifications to their proposal would occur. Gladstein et al5 highlighted the need to study CDH in ABSTRACT: Objective: Characterize chronic daily headache in those less than 20 years of age...

INTRODUCTION Peripheral nerve blocks have been used in primary headache treatment since a long time. In this study, we aimed to examine the efficiency of greater occipital nerve (GON) block in migraine prophylaxis. METHODS Data from migraine without aura patients who had GON block were collected and divided into two groups: Group PGON (n=25), which included patients who were under medical pro...

introduction: migraine is a refer pain which is common in adults and children. migraine and its frequently limits the daily life activities. since medical students are subjected to stresses regarding lots of tests and the implicit responsibility to the courses, the purpose of the present study carried out to evaluate the prevalence of migraine among medical students in zahedan university. metho...

INTRODUCTION Hypnic headache is a rare primary headache. The diagnostic criteria of the International Headache Classification (IHS) for this condition are discussed, as they have been modified in the new edition of the 2013. PATIENTS AND METHODS The clinical characteristics, and fulfilment of the criteria of the IHS classification in a series of 10patients diagnosed in our Headaches Clinic, a...

conclusions in conclusion, the extract of feverfew showed a significant migraine prophylactic effect with no adverse events. results in the case group, after three months of treatment with feverfew, the midas score was reduced to 19.18 ± 4.02. compared to control group, the changes in intensity and frequency of migraine, in the treatment group was significant, at the end of the study (p < 0.05)...