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Head Abnormalities
Headaches Types
Characteristic | Abnormailities |
---|---|
Classic Migrane Age | childhood |
Common migraine age | childhood |
cluster age | adulthood |
hypertensive age | adulthood |
muscular age | adulthood |
temporal arteries age | older adulthood |
location - classic migraine | unilateral |
location - common migraine | generalized |
location - cluster | unilateral |
location - hypertensive | bilateral or occipital |
location - muscular | unilater or bilateral |
location - temporal arteries | unilateral or bilateral |
duration - classic | hours to days |
duration - common | hours to days |
duration - cluster | 1/2 to 2 hours |
duration - hypertensive | hours |
duration - muscular | hours to days |
duration - temporal | hours to days |
time of onset - classic | morning or night |
time of onset - common | morning or night |
time of onset - cluster | night |
time of onset - hypertensive | morning |
time of onset - mucular | anytime, common in evening or afternoon |
time of onset - temporal | anytime |
quality - classic | pulsating or throbbing |
quality - common | pulsating or throbbing |
quality - cluster | intense burning, boring, searing, knife-like |
quality - hypertensive | throbbing |
quality - muscular | band-like, constricting |
quality - temporal | throbbing |
prodromal - classic | well-defined neurologic event, scotoma, aphasia, hemianopsia, aura |
prodromal - common | vague neurologic changes, personality change, fluid retention, appetite loss |
prodromal - cluster | personality changes, sleep disturbances |
prodromal - hypertensive | none |
prodromal - temporal | none |
prodromal - muscular | none |
precipitating - classic | menstrual period missing meals, birth control pills, letdown after stress |
precipitating - common | menstrual period, missing meals, birth control pills, let down after stress |
precipitating - cluster | alcohol consumption |
precipitating - hypertensive | none |
precipitating - muscular | stress, anger, bruxism |
precipitating - temporal | none |
Frequency - classic | twice a week |
frequency - common | twice a week |
frequency - cluster | several times nightly for several nights then disappear |
frequency - hypertensive | daily |
frequency - muscular | daily |
frequency - temporal | daily |
gender - classic | female |
gender - common | female |
gender - cluster | male |
gender - hypertensive | equal |
gender - muscular | equal |
gender - temporal | equal |
other - classic | nausea, vomiting |
other - common | nausea, vomiting |
other - cluster | increase lacrimation, nasal discharge |
other - hypertensive | generally remits as day progresses |
otther - muscular | none |
other - temporal | none |