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Headache management for the pain specialist

By Avi Ashkenazi and Stephen Silberstein


Headache is a common symptom caused by a wide variety of diseases. Primary headaches include migraine, cluster headache, tension-type headache and other less common diseases. It is important to differentiate these headaches from secondary headaches caused by vascular, neoplastic, infectious, metabolic and toxic disorders. Most primary headaches have a genetic basis, with environmental factors acting as triggers. Recent advances in basic research resulted in the development of more specific and effective therapies. Medication overuse headache is a very common cause of chronic daily headache. Detoxification from the offending drug is essential for headache improvement. Cervicogenic headache is common and needs to be diagnosed correctly since it may require specific therapy. Nerve blocks are useful for some patients with primary, as well as secondary, headaches

Topics: migraine; cluster headache; tension-type headache; cervicogenic headache; post-dural puncture headache; nerve block, Neurology
Publisher: Jefferson Digital Commons
Year: 2004
OAI identifier: oai:jdc.jefferson.edu:neurologyfp-1011

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