Headaches - General

Question 1

What is a tension headache?

Answer 1

Dull, aching headaches, bilateral head, face or neck

Question 2

What is cluster headaches?

Answer 2

Sudden sharp severe headaches, unilateral, usually around eyes

Question 3

Paroxysmal hemicrania?

Answer 3

Adulthood headaches with severe sharp pain over unilaterally face and behind eyes.

Question 4

What are trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias (TACs)?

Answer 4

headaches group.
unilaterality of pain,
Short lasting symptoms
associated ipsilateral (same side) cranial autonomic symptoms, such as lacrimation, and nasal congestion.

Question 5

What is Horners Syndrome?

Answer 5

Horner syndrome
- relatively rare disorder
- constricted pupil (miosis),
- drooping of the upper eyelid (ptosis), -
-absence of sweating of the face (anhidrosis),
- sinking of the eyeball into the bony cavity that protects the eye (enophthalmos).

Question 6

Women with migrane aura - what medications if contraindicated ?

Answer 6

COCP.

Question 7

Preventative medications in migrane prevention?

Answer 7

Propranolol
Topiramate
Amitryptyline

Question 8

Amitryptyline or gabapentin for migraine?

Answer 8

Amitryptyline - for migrane prevetion.

Riboflavin.

NOTE: Gabapentin is NOT for mirgrane Rx.

Question 9

What is another word for Riboflavin?

Answer 9

Vit B2