Headache

Unmask the clinical complexity behind one of the most common neurological symptoms Headache is a common clinical complaint often overlooked by both sufferers and physicians that can be intimidating to approach and manage. Hundreds of different etiologies, both benign and life-threatening, may primarily feature the symptom, and diagnosis can therefore be challenging. Headache is a practical guide to headache medicine designed for both neurologists and general practitioners. Its expert author team introduces the principles of classification and diagnosis, and focuses in detail on the main classes of headache migraine, tension-type and trigeminal autonomic cephalgias, including cluster headache. They also cover unusual headache disorders such as hemicrania continua and new daily persistent headache, and address the management of headache in women, children and the elderly. With a clinically focused practical approach, Headache draws on the experience of international specialists to help you diagnose and manage your patients more effectively.

Unmask the clinical complexity behind one of the most commonneurological symptomsHeadache is a common clinical complaint often overlooked by bothsufferers and physicians that can be intimidating to approach andmanage. Hundreds of different etiologies, both benign andlife-threatening, may primarily feature the symptom, and diagnosiscan therefore be challenging.Headache is a practical guide to headache medicine designed forboth neurologists and general practitioners. Its expert author teamintroduces the principles of classification and diagnosis, andfocuses in detail on the main classes of headache - migrainetension-type and trigeminal autonomic cephalgias, including clusterheadache. They also cover unusual headache disorders such ashemicrania continua and new daily persistent headache, and addressthe management of headache in women, children and theelderly.With a clinically focused practical approach, Headache drawson the experience of international specialists to help you diagnoseand manage your patients more effectively.

Contributor List viiSeries Foreword xPreface xiAcknowledgments xiiPART I: PRINCIPLES OF HEADACHE: PRIMARY AND SECONDARY HEADACHE DISORDERS1 The Basics of Headache Classification and Diagnosis 3Seymour Solomon and Richard B. Lipton2 Approach to the Patient with Headache 16Brian M. Grosberg, Benjamin W. Friedman, and Seymour Solomon3 Secondary Headache Disorders Encountered in Clinical Practice 27Deborah I. FriedmanPART II: MIGRAINE4 Diagnosis and Subtypes of Migraine 57Seymour Solomon and Brian M. Grosberg5 Epidemiology, Progression, Prognosis, and Comorbidity of Migraine 64Richard B. Lipton, C. Mark Sollars, and Dawn C. Buse6 Pathophysiology and Genetics of Migraine 88Peter J. Goadsby7 Multidisciplinary Approach to Patients with Migraine 100Lucille A. Rathier, Dawn C. Buse, Robert A. Nicholson, and Frank Andrasik8 Acute Treatments for Migraine 113Dagny Holle and Hans-Christoph Diener9 Preventive Treatments for Migraine 125William B. Young10 Managing the Special Problem of Chronic Migraine 140Marcelo E. BigalPART III: TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE11 Diagnosis, Subtypes, Epidemiology, Progression, Prognosis, and Comorbidity of Tension-type Headache 155Sara C. Crystal, Uri Napchan, and Matthew S. Robbins12 Pathophysiology and Genetics of Tension-type Headache 164Sait Ashina and Lars Bendtsen13 Treatment of Tension-type Headache 172Sara C. Crystal and Katherine A. HenryPART IV: TRIGEMINAL AUTONOMIC CEPHALALGIAS INCLUDING CLUSTER HEADACHE14 Diagnosis and Subtypes of Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalalgias 183Arne May15 Epidemiology, Progression, Prognosis, and Comorbidity of Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalalgias 192Matthew S. Robbins and Jessica Ailani16 Pathophysiology and Genetics of Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalalgias 201Peter J. Goadsby17 Treatment of Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalalgias Including Cluster Headache 214Sarah Vollbracht and Brian M. GrosbergPART V: OTHER HEADACHE DISORDERS18 New Daily Persistent Headache 229Matthew S. Robbins19 Hemicrania Continua 236Uri Napchan20 Unusual Short-duration Primary Headaches 245Sarah Vollbracht and Brian M. GrosbergPART VI: MANAGEMENT OF HEADACHE IN SPECIFI C PATIENT POPULATIONS21 Management of Headache in Women 259Elizabeth W. Loder, Dawn C. Buse, Vince Martin, Luzma Cardona, and Dawn A. Marcus22 Management of Headache in Children 269Oranee Sanmaneechai and Karen Ballaban-Gil23 Management of Headache in the Elderly 290Matthew S. Robbins and Richard B. LiptonIndex 307