headache over Flashcards
(14 cards)
“usually” 1ary headache is… and
2ary headache is…
old=chronic=1ary
acute= 2ary
hint:old= >grand pa=>primary
both old and new headaches can be
primary OR secondary?
yes!!
headache/old headache/
primary/ example
(in order of prevalence)
- Tension headaches
- Migraine headaches
- Cluster headaches
headache/old headache/ secondary/
different types
related to/
=>joint (bet bones) or
=>substance or to substance widrawal
headache/old headache/ secondary/
joint type(2)
Temporomandibular joint =TMJ syndrome
Cervical degenerative joint disease
headache/old headache/ secondary/
substance type
(1) Caffeine
(2) Nitrates/nitrite =(“hot dog headache”)
(3) Analgesics (often presenting as chronic daily headaches):
opioid
NSAID
4) Ergotamine
headache/old headache/ secondary/substance type/
3 +++ common substances
- caffeine withdrawal;
- EthOH=hangovers;
- CO poisoning
hint: day, night, and during night
headache/new headache/
primary (5)
hint: all begnin
a. Benign cough HA
b. Benign exertional HA
c. HA ass. W. sexual activity
d. Benign thunderclap HA
e. Idiopathic intracranial hypertension = pseudotumor cerebri
headache/new headache/ secondary/
4 different types
hint:VINT (toxic/metabolic)/
Vascular;
infectious;
Space-occupying lesions;
Medical morning headaches
headache/new headache/ secondary/
infection type (3)
infectin in the head:
(1) nose=UR=>URI
(2) hole :Sinusitis
(3) Meningitis
headache/new headache/ secondary/
vascular types (5)
- Temporal arteritis
- Cavernous sinus thrombosis
- Malignant hypertension
- Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH)
- Parenchymal hemorrhage
*headache/new headache/ secondary/
Space-occupying lesions types
solid: Brain tumors
liquid: Subdural hematoma

headache/new headache/ secondary/
Medical morning headaches types (2)
Sleep disturbance
Night-time hypoglycemia
thunderclap headache should be assumed to
be caused by??? until proven otherwise
SAH