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Editor-In-Chief: Robert G. Schwartz, M.D. [1], Piedmont Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, P.A.; Associate Editor-In-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2]

Overview

Symptoms in primary headaches include,some headaches onset without aura.Certain food, emotion changes or environmental chages may be the auras for other headaches.A pain that begins in the back of the head and upper neck, as a tightness or pressure.The pain is usually mild and bilateral.Usually occur sporadically, No function damage.Symptoms in secondary headaches depend on the underlying cause. Except for headache, there may be other symptoms such as the following. Headache may be continuing.Fever,Hemiplegia,Nausea and vomiting,Diplopia,Anepia.

History and Symptoms

Symptoms in primary headaches include:

  • Some headaches onset without aura. Certain food, emotion changes or environmental chages may be the auras for other headaches.
  • A pain that begins in the back of the head and upper neck, as a tightness or pressure.
  • The pain is usually mild and bilateral
  • Not accompanied with nausea or vomiting
  • Usually occur sporadically
  • No function damage

Symptoms in secondary headaches depend on the underlying cause. Except for headache, there may be other symptoms such as the following.


Clinical prediction rules have been developed to distinguish headache types[1].

History

Patients with [disease name]] may have a positive history of:

  • [History finding 1]
  • [History finding 2]
  • [History finding 3]

Common Symptoms

Common symptoms of cluster include:

Common symptoms of migraine include:

  • Aura phase: Theauras are most often visual, but can also be sensory, verbal or motor disturbances.[10]
  • Pain phase: The headache of migraine is often but not always unilateral and tends to have a throbbing or pulsatile quality, especially as the intensity increases. Not all of these features are necessary. The pain may be bilateral at the onset or may start on one side then becomes generalized. The headache usually alternates sides from one attack to the next. The onset is usually gradual. The pain peaks and then subsides, and usually lasts between 4 and 72 hours in adults and 1 and 48 hours in children. The frequency of attacks is extremely variable, from a few in a lifetime to several times a week, and the average migraineur experiences from one to three headaches a month. The head pain varies greatly in intensity. The pain of migraine is invariably accompanied by other features. Nausea occurs in almost 90 percent of patients, while vomiting occurs in about one third of patients. Many patients experience sensory hyperexcitability manifested by photophobia, phonophobia, osmophobia and seek a dark and quiet room. Blurred vision, nasal stuffiness, diarrhea, polyuria, pallor or sweating may be noted during the headache phase. There may be localized edema of the scalp or face, scalp tenderness, prominence of a vein or artery in the temple, or stiffness and tenderness of the neck. Impairment of concentration and mood are common. Lightheadedness, rather than true vertigo and a feeling of faintness may occur. The extremities tend to be cold and moist.
  • Postdrome phase: The effects of migraine may persist for some days after the main headache has ended; this is called the migraine postdrome. Many report a sore feeling in the area where the migraine was, and some report impaired thinking for a few days after the headache has passed. The patient may feel tired or "hung over" and have head pain, cognitive difficulties, gastrointestinal symptoms, mood changes, and weakness.[11] According to one summary, "Some people feel unusually refreshed or euphoric after an attack, whereas others note depression and malaise."[12]
  • Neck pain or stiffness
  • Jaw and teeth pain (occassionally)
  • Photophobia (rare)

Less Common Symptoms

Less common symptoms of [disease name] include

  • [Symptom 1]
  • [Symptom 2]
  • [Symptom 3]

References

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  2. Charlotte E. Grayson and The Cleveland Clinic Neuroscience Center (October 2004). "Cluster Headaches". WebMD. Retrieved 2006-09-22.
  3. Brian D. Loftus (2005). "Cluster Headache and Chronic Paroxysmal Hemicrania Overview". Retrieved 2006-09-22.
  4. Goldstein, Michael. "Cluster Headache". New Atlantean Press. 1999.
  5. Arne May, Anish Bahra, Christian Büchel, Richard S J Frackowiak, Peter J Goadsby; University Department of Clinical Neurology (May, Bahra, Goadsby), and Wellcome Department of Cognitive Neurology (Büchel, Frackowiak), Institute of Neurology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London UK (1998 July 25;352(9124):275-8). "Hypothalamic activation in cluster headache attacks". The Lancet. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. Drummond PD (October 1994). "Sweating and vascular responses in the face: normal regulation and dysfunction in migraine, cluster headache and harlequin syndrome". Clin. Auton. Res. 4 (5): 273–85. doi:10.1007/BF01827433. PMID 7888747.
  7. Drummond PD (June 2006). "Mechanisms of autonomic disturbance in the face during and between attacks of cluster headache". Cephalalgia. 26 (6): 633–41. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2982.2006.01106.x. PMID 16686902.
  8. Ekbom K (August 1990). "Evaluation of clinical criteria for cluster headache with special reference to the classification of the International Headache Society". Cephalalgia. 10 (4): 195–7. doi:10.1046/j.1468-2982.1990.1004195.x. PMID 2245469.
  9. Graff JM, Lee AG (February 21, 2005). "Horner's Syndrome (due to Cluster Headache): 46 y.o. man presenting with headache and ptosis". Ophthalmology Grand Rounds. The University of Iowa. Retrieved 2006-09-22.
  10. name="pmid17495755">Cutrer FM, Huerter K (2007). dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=17495755 "Migraine aura" Check |url= value (help). Neurologist. 13 (3): 118–25. doi:10.1097/01.nrl.0000252943.82792.38. PMID 17495755.
  11. Kelman L (February 2006). "The postdrome of the acute migraine attack". Cephalalgia. 26 (2): 214–20. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2982.2005.01026.x. PMID 16426278.
  12. Halpern, Audrey L.; Silberstein, Stephen D. (2005). "Ch. 9: The Migraine Attack—A Clinical Description". In Kaplan PW, Fisher RS. Imitators of Epilepsy (2 ed.). New York: Demos Medical. ISBN 1-888799-83-8. NBK7326.

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