Headache

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Headache is defined as "the symptom of pain in the cranial region. It may be an isolated benign occurrence or manifestation of a wide variety of headache disorders."[1]

Classification

Primary headaches

Primary headaches are defined as "conditions in which the primary symptom is headache and the headache cannot be attributed to any known causes."[1]

Migraine headache

For more information, see: Migraine headache.

Tension headache

Secondary headache

Secondary headaches are defined as "conditions with headache symptom that can be attributed to a variety of causes including brain vascular disorders; wounds and injuries; infection; drug use or its withdrawal."[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 National Library of Medicine. Headache. Retrieved on 2007-12-11. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "title" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "title" defined multiple times with different content