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Duke PA Headache

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dietary triggers for migraines   ETOH, chocolate, aged cheeses, MSG, aspartame, caffeine, nuts, nitrites  
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triggers for migraines   hormones, sensory stimlui (lights, odors, sounds/noise), stress (intense activity, loss or change, moving, crisis), environment (weather, altitude, schedule), habits (sleeping patterns, dieting), HTN?  
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POUND criteria (Pulsatile, hOurs4-72, unilateral, nausea, disabaling) is used for what condition   migraine headache  
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thunderclap headache "worst headache of my life", onset within seconds   subarachnoid headache, medical emergency  
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headache associated danger signs, not just an everday headache   absence of similar HA previously, worsening pattern, focal neurologic s/s, fever, mental status change, rapid onset with strenuous exercise. Pain spreading to lower neck/shoulders.  
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Danger signs in patients with new headache   <5 yo or >50 yo, in a patient with CA, in a patient with lyme disease, in a patient with HIV  
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headache with papilledema   intracranial mass lesion  
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patients with migraine headaches and no neurological deficits don't need __   imaging  
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patients with sexual activity need __   imaging  
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indications for lumbar puncture   suspicion of an infectious or inflammatory etiology  
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migraine without aura is __   most common  
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right to left cardiac shunt is associated with   migrain with aura  
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Calcitonin gene-related peptide   potent vasodilator  
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clinical manifestations of migraine   photophobia, phonophobia, dark, quiet room  
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neurologic deficit, precedes migraine, usually stops before onset of headache   aura  
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scintillating scotoma   loss peripheral vision/tunnel vision preceding migraine  
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numbness/tingling of the lips, face, fingers of one hand   cheio-oral aura  
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hypersensitivity of the skin during the migraine headache.   cutaneous allodynia  
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menstrual migraine usually due to decreased levels of __   estrogen  
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cluster headache pain symptoms   maximal pain in a few minutes, deep, excruciating, continuous, begins in or around the eye or temple  
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Cluster headache clinical presentation   remains on the same side of the head during a cluster, can switch sides during the next cluster, restlessness, pacing, ipsilateral lacrimation, eye redness, stuffy nose, rhinorrhea, sweating, pallor, and Horner's syndrome  
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tension headache   most common, pressure or tightness, generalized, waxes and wanes, food triggers less common  
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acute sinusitis   uncommon cause of recurrent HA, generally in conjunction with fever and purulent discharge  
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autonomic features that are present in both cluster and migraine, often mistaken for Sinus HA   nasal congestion, rhinorrhea, tearing, color and temperature change, changes in pupil size  
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sinus HA specific symptoms   bilateral/peri-orbital, pressure-like, dull, nasal obstruction or congestion, lasts days  
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brain tumor headache   pain may follow maneuvers raising intrathoracic pressure (cough, sneeze, Valsalva), abnormal neuro exam, significant change in prior HA pattern  
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most important physical sign of idiopathic intracranial HTN (pseudotumor cerebri)   papilledema  
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chronic vasculitis of large and medium sized vessels. tenderness or decreased pulse of the temporal artery   Giant cell arteritis (temporal arteritis)  
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giant cell arteritis symptoms   fever, fatigue, weight loss, jaw claudication, visual (amaurosis fugax)  
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trigeminal neuralgia symptoms   sudden, unilateral, sever, brief, stabbing, recurrent episodes of pain (electric shock like)  
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cause of trigeminal neuralgia   caused by compression of the trigeminal nerve root  
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Trigeminal neuralgia distribution pattern   V2/V3>V1  
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trigeminal neuralgia-facial muscle spasms with severe pain   tic douloureux  
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trigeminal neuralgia triggers   light touch, chewing, talking, brushing, cold air, smiling, grimacing  
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postherpetic neuralgia   continuum of pain that never resolved following an acute episode of herpes zoster  
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Persistent idiopathic (atypical) facial pain   persistent facial pain that does not have the characteristics of the cranial neuralgias and is not attributed to another disorder  
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__ can have refered pain presenting as Persistent idiopathic (atypical) facial pain   nasopharyngeal cancer, or lung cancer  
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glossopharyngeal neuralgia   numerous analogies with trigeminal neuralgia with a different nerve distribution (radiates from oropharynx towards the ear)  
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