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Headaches
Characteristic | Headache |
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Site: Generally Unilateral | Migraine |
Site: Occipital & Vertex | Hypertension |
Site: Unilateral Orbital & Temporal | Cluster AKA Histamine |
Site: Band-like | Tension |
Site: Unilateral Temporal | Temporal Arteritis (Giant Cell) |
Site: Occipital & Upper Cervical | Cervicogenic AKA Vertebrogenic |
Site: Changes with body position | Sinus & Tumor |
Site: Basilar area | Subarachnoid Hemorrhage |
Site: TMJ | TMJ |
Age: Over 50 | Temporal Arteritis (Giant Cell) |
Characteristics: Ptosis, miosis, red eye, runny nose, nasal congestion, headaches occur closely together | Cluster AKA Histamine |
Characteristics: Progressively worse | Tumor |
Characteristics: Onset morning & evening | Tumor |
Characteristics: Worse in the morning | Sinus & Tumor |
Characteristics: Slow bleed following trauma with symptoms evident days-weeks post injury | Subdural Hematoma |
Characteristics: Abrupt onset | Subarachnoid Hemorrhage |
Characteristics: "Worse headache ever" | Subarachnoid Hemorrhage |
Characteristics: Fever, nuchal rigidity | Meningeal |
Characteristics: Pressure | Tension |
Characteristics: Photophobia, phonophobia | Migraine |
Characteristics: Pregnancy | Migraine |
Characteristics: Familial | Migraine |
Characteristics: Associated with Polymyalgia Rheumatica | Temporal Arteritis (Giant Cell) |
Characteristics: Neck pain referred to head | Cervicogenic AKA Vertebrogenic |
Characteristics: Decreased ROM in upper cervical & occiput | Cervicogenic AKA Vertebrogenic |
Characteristics: Made worse with certain neck movements | Cervicogenic AKA Vertebrogenic |
Characteristics: Clicking when opening and closing mouth | TMJ |
Characteristics: Pain worse when bending forward | Sinus & Tumor |
Characteristics: Nasal discharge | Cluster & Sinus |
Provoked by: Smoking & Alcohol | Cluster AKA Histamine |
Provoked by: Bright lights, chocolate, cheese, red wine, cured meats, menstrual cycle | Migraine |
Provoked by: Tumor growth | Tumor |
Provoked by: Skipping meals | Hypoglycemic |
Provoked by: Tension, stress, work, fatigue | Tension |
Provoked by: Trauma | Subdural Hematoma & Post Concussive |
Provoked by: Hypertension | Subarachnoid Hemorrhage |
Provoked by: Flexion of head | Meningeal |
Provoked by: Head movement | Cervicogenic AKA Vertebrogenic |
Provoked by: Chronic sinusitis | Sinus |
Lab/Test: Biopsy | Temporal Arteritis (Giant Cell) |
Lab/Test: Flexion / Extension Views | Cervicogenic AKA Vertebrogenic |
Lab/Test: Brudzinski, Kernig, CSF tap | Meningeal |
Lab/Test: Send to ER | Subdural Hematoma & Subarachnoid Hemorrhage |
Characteristics: Tender scalp, jaw pain while eating | Temporal Arteritis (Giant Cell) |
Characteristics: Throbbing in temple area | Temporal Arteritis (Giant Cell) |
Age/Sex: Middle aged male | Cluster AKA Histamine |
Characteristics: Coughing, sneezing and straining at stool can make it worse | Tumor |