OBJECTIVE To analyze the demographic features of the population sample, the time of headache complaint until first consultation and the diagnosis of primary and secondary headaches. METHOD 3328 patients were analyzed retrospectively and divided according to gender, age, race, school instruction, onset of headache until first consultation and diagnosis(ICHD-II, 2004). RESULTS Sex ratio (Fema...

BACKGROUND Measuring quality of life (QOL) is an important means of assessing the impact of headache. The currently used QOL questionnaires are usually geared toward migraine and focus on a limited number of factors, thus they are not necessarily informative in other headache types. We report the psychometric properties of a new questionnaire, the Comprehensive Headache-related Quality of life ...

Cervicogenic headache (CEH) is a well-recognized syndrome. Proposed diagnostic criteria differentiate CEH from migraine and tension-type headache (TTH) in most of the cases. The best differentiating factors include side-locked unilateral pain irradiating from the back and evidence of neck involvement--attacks may be precipitated by digital pressure over trigger spots in the cervical/nuchal area...

Introduction Migraine and tension-type headache (TTH) are chronic diseases associated with significant socioeconomic losses social psychological impact (current global prevalence: 10% 38%, respectively). Thus, they require accurate identification classification. In clinical practice, validated screening tools able to quickly determine migraine TTH high sensitivity specificity help provide an ob...

Primary headaches are common disorders among children and adolescents; tension type headaches (TTH) and migraine being the most frequent types. This paper reviews the literature and summarizes the knowledge regarding the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms that cause headaches, mainly TTH and migraine, discusses the diagnostic criteria for primary headaches, and the different moralities fo...

Background: Tension-type headache is frequently reported by the patients.
 Objective: The purpose of present study was to see status thyroid hormones among chronic tension type Methodology: This conducted in Department Neurology at Dhaka Medical College, Dhaka, Bangladesh. subjects consisted patients presented with primary disorders.
 Result: Among 21.0% had sub-type TTH. Out 42 tensi...

OBJECTIVE To elaborate the risk of headache among adolescent survivors exposed to terror. METHODS On July 22, 2011, a lone man opened gunfire, killing 69 people at a summer camp for adolescents on the Utøya islet in Norway. All 358 adolescent survivors 13 to 20 years of age were invited to participate in the Utøya interview study. Among the 213 (59%) respondents, half (49%) were male, the mea...

BACKGROUND Dyspepsia and headache frequently co-exist, but the clinical implication of this association is uncertain. We planned to examine the prevalence and impact of dyspepsia in adults with headache. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted in a secondary care setting. Clinical, psychological and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) data were compared between subjects with headache...

Background: Acupressure is a method that can reduce or eliminate headaches without using drugs. It works by stimulating certain points through pressure / massage on the surface of body fingers blunt objects for fitness purposes to relieve pain in tension headaches. Tension type headache (TTH) most common tends be considered not serious because it causes mild symptoms some cases. TTH felt back h...