HEADACHECommon presenting complaint. May be benign or need urgent assessment. Taking an accurate history is important. Main primary headaches (no identifiable underlying cause)
Main secondary headaches (underlying cause identified; generally not life-threatening) are related to:
NICE CG150. Headaches in over 12s: diagnosis and management; 2012 (updated 2921). https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/CG150 British Association for the Study of Headache (BASH). BASH guidelines https://www.bash.org.uk/guidelines/ International Headache Society (IHS) classification (ICHD-3) https://ichd-3.org/evolution-of-ihs-classification-1-3/ Practice Nurse featured article Headache and migraine in young people and adults. Dr Knut Schroeder & Sara Richards The child with a headache Dr Mary Lowth MIGRAINEA syndrome characterised by periodic headaches - from a few a week, to a few within a lifetime, with complete resolution between attacks. A migraine episode/attack may comprise:
SIGN 155. Pharmacological management of migraine; 2018 https://www.sign.ac.uk/sign-155-migraine HEADACHE Red Flags raising concern of serious pathology
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