Clinical pearls for frontline PCPsA 40-year-old man on today’s schedule has a chief complaint of “excruciating headaches.” ...
Q: I get crushing headaches every fall, which I've always assumed are part of having allergies. But a specialist at our local medical center diagnosed me with cluster headaches. She says oxygen is a ...
Trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias (TACs) are a group of headache disorders characterized, as the name suggests, by autonomic symptoms that accompany the headache. These symptoms commonly include ...
The middle meningeal artery (MMA) has emerged as a potential therapeutic target for severe, treatment-resistant headache syndromes. Growing evidence suggests that the MMA and its dural branches are ...
Cluster headaches are characterised by episodes of unilateral periorbital pain, conjunctival injection, lacrimation and rhinorrhoea. Attacks can last from a few minutes to several hours and can occur ...
June is National Migraine and Headache Awareness Month. Now is the time to learn about the headaches you can experience, the causes of migraines and overall treatment options. “Headache” describes ...
Cluster headache disorders constitute some of the most excruciating primary headache syndromes encountered in clinical practice. These conditions are typified by recurrent, strictly unilateral attacks ...
In a paper published in the May issue of JAMA, M. S. Robbins, of Weill Cornell Medical College, reviews the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of primary headaches. In a previous post, I discussed ...
Dear Doctors: I get crushing headaches every fall, which I’ve always assumed are part of having allergies. But a specialist at our local medical center diagnosed me with cluster headaches. She says ...