BACKGROUND Hemodialysis (HD)-related headaches are a common complaint of patients undergoing this procedure. OBJECTIVE To determine the frequency and clinical characteristics of headache in patients undergoing HD and to discuss their diagnostic criteria. METHOD The present study assessed, in a prospective manner, a series of patients consulting at a HD center in Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil, fr...

The theory that smoking could be implicated in the pathogenesis of migraine has been investigated in a prospective survey by the use of a questionnaire and the measurement of carboxyhaemoglobin (COHb) levels in patients attending a migraine clinic. There was a low incidence of smokers in patients attending for routine consultations and only a small percentage of patients thought that smoking wa...

As a group, headache disorders are painful and disabling, impacting the lives of people with headache across multiple domains and reducing their ability to be productive and satisfied members of society. The majority of work examining psychological approaches to headache has occurred within the two most prevalent primary headache disorders: migraine and tension-type headache. Recent epidemiolog...

By Albert Yeung Types of Headache in Hypertensive Individuals More than 90% of people experience headache of some kind at least once in their lifetime. Many patients and physicians still believe headache to be a common symptom of hypertension. Pathophysiologically, a headache arises when the primary afferent fibers that innervate the meningeal or cerebral blood vessels are activated; most of th...

CONTEXT In previous studies, patients with migraine and tension-type headaches have shown asymmetries at the central nervous system level. AIMS Hence we would like to figure out whether the lateral cerebral dominance might be more pronounced in the line bisection performance with these patients. SETTINGS AND DESIGN Patients were enrolled in a specialized headache clinic and healthy voluntee...

Headache is a common complaint, occurring in >90% of school age children. The frequency increases with increasing age and the etiologies range from tension to life-threatening infections and brain tumors. Migraine is the most frequent cause of acute and recurrent headaches in children. The overall prevalence of non-migraine headaches is 10-25%. A thorough history, physical and neurological exam...

Pathophysiology Although tension-type headaches are common, the pathophysiology and likely mechanism remain unclear. Current knowledge of the nociceptive (pain receptor) system suggests that the derivative pain of tension-type headaches has a muscular origin. Muscular or myofascial pain tends to be dull and achy, poorly localized, and radiating, whereas pain originating from cutaneous structure...

headache is one of the most common reason that children are referred to the pediatric neurology services. it is said that ten percent of children aged 5 to 15 years have migraine. subsequently, it is essential for clinician to have a through, comprehensive and systematic approach to the evaluation and management of the child or adolescent who complain of headache. this writing aims to explore t...

D a t a s o u r c e s Studies were identified by searching MEDLINE, EMBASE/Excerpta Medica, the Cochrane Library, and International Pharmaceutical Abstracts using combinations of the terms candesartan, eprosartan, losartan, irbesartan, tasosartan, telmisartan, and valsartan and the terms headache, headache disorders, cluster headaches, tension headaches, and migraine; scanning reference lists o...