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Flashcards in Headache Deck (19)
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1
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Is the disease by it self, does not have a secondary cause:

A

Primary Headache

2
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Is a part of the clinical presentation:

A

Secondary Headache

3
Q

Trigger factors:

A

Stress, Food, Neck motion and Habit changes

4
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Trigger factors in women:

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Menstruation, Ovulation and Hormonal replacement

5
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Classification by the duration:

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Sudden, Acute, Subacute and Chronic

6
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Sudden Headache, suggests:

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Intracranial hemorrhage, Hypertensive encephalophaty and Meningitis

7
Q

Acute Headache, suggests:

A

Migraine, Acute Sinusitis and Glaucoma

8
Q

Subacute Headache, suggests:

A

Subdural hematoma, Temporal arteritis, Ophthalmic Herpes zoster, Tumor e Pseudotumor cerebri

9
Q

Chronic Headache, suggests:

A

Primary Headache

10
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+50years old, First or Worse, Sudden, Change of the pattern of pain, Headache in a patient with Aids; Fever, nausea and vomiting, Neurologic signs, Papiledema; Triggered by exercise or cough, Trauma, neoplasia and Coagulopathy:

A

Red flags

11
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pulsatile and disabling headache that lasts about 4-72h, photophobia, phonophobia, nauseas e vomiting that aliviates the pain. Worsened by ativities:

A

Migraine

12
Q

Recurrent headache in age -6 years old:

A

Cranial MRI

13
Q

Most common in middle-aged men and associated with alcohol consumption:

A

Cluster Headache

14
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Nightly headache, intense unilateral frontorbitary pain, short duration, associated with nasal congestion, mydriasis, lacrimation and ocular hyperemia:

A

Cluster Headache

15
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First choice of abortive therapy for Cluster Headache:

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Oxygen therapy —> Subcutaneous or Intranasal Triptans

16
Q

Headache, Papilledema and Morning vomiting:

A

Intracranial hypertension

17
Q

Sudden Headache, Syncope and Neck stiffness:

A

Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

18
Q

Gold standard test for Subarachnoid Hemorrhage:

A

Lumbar Puncture

19
Q

Incidence peak of vasospasm after a Subarachnoid Hemorrhage:

A

3-14d