what do u know about headache?
By patodra
@patodra (21)
China
March 12, 2009 2:54am CST
In medicine a headache or cephalalgia is a symptom of a number of different conditions of the head and sometimes neck. Some of the causes are benign while others are medical emergencies. It ranks among the most common pain complaints.[citation needed]
There are a number of different classification systems for headaches. The most well recognized is that of the International Headache Society.
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@sejakuvadra (20)
• China
12 Mar 09
The classification of headaches has a rich history. The first recorded system that resembles the modern ones was published by Thomas Willis, in De Cephalagia in 1672. In 1787 Christian Baur generally divided headaches into idiopathic (primary headaches) and symptomatic (secondary ones), and defined 84 categories.[1]
Today headaches are most thoroughly classified by the International Headache Society's, International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD), which published the second edition in 2004.[2] This classification is accepted by the WHO
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@sejakuvara (20)
• China
12 Mar 09
The International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD) is an in-depth hierarchical classification of headaches published by the International Headache Society. It contains explicit (operational) diagnostic criteria for headache disorders. The first version of the classification, ICHD-1, was published in 1988. The current revision, ICHD-2, was published in 2004
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@lakdikuyira (20)
• China
12 Mar 09
Primary headaches
Migraine
Tension-type headache (TTH)
Cluster headache and other trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias (TAC)
Other primary headaches including
Hemicrania continua
Coital cephalalgia
New daily persistent headache (NDPH)
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@rapatod (20)
• China
12 Mar 09
Headache associated with specific symptoms may warrant urgent medical attention, particularly sudden, severe headache or sudden headache associated with a stiff neck; headaches associated with fever, convulsions or accompanied by confusion or loss of consciousness; headaches following a blow to the head, or associated with pain in the eye or ear; persistent headache in a person with no previous history of headaches; and recurring headache in children
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