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Type | Location | Findings | Timing (hr) | Treatment |
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Tension | Bilateral | Band-like constant pain | 4 - 6 | NSAIDs Amitriptyline |
Migraine | Unilateral | Aura, photophobia, phonophobia, nausea, vomiting, throbbing pain | 4 - 72 | NSAIDs Triptans* Dihydroergotamine* β-blockers (prophylaxis) |
Cluster | Unilateral | Lacrimation, rhinorrhea, ptosis, miosis Multiple headaches per day per week then remission | 15 min - 3 | 100% O2 or sumatriptan |
*Avoid in pregnant patients |
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Localization and additional symptoms of primary headaches
These three types of primary headache can be differentiated according to pain localization, intensity, and additional symptoms.
– Tension headache: holocranial or bifrontal, dull headache; no autonomic symptoms
– Migraine: unilateral headache with autonomic symptoms (vomiting, nausea, phonophobia, photophobia)
– Cluster headache: unilateral, periorbital headache with conjunctival injection, lacrimation, rhinorrhea and swelling of nasal mucous membranes, Horner syndrome, forehead or facial sweating
– Tension headache: holocranial or bifrontal, dull headache; no autonomic symptoms
– Migraine: unilateral headache with autonomic symptoms (vomiting, nausea, phonophobia, photophobia)
– Cluster headache: unilateral, periorbital headache with conjunctival injection, lacrimation, rhinorrhea and swelling of nasal mucous membranes, Horner syndrome, forehead or facial sweating
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