“Ictal epileptic headache” and the revised International Headache Classification (ICHD-3) published in Cephalalgia 2018, vol. 38(1) 1–211: Not just a matter of definition!

2018 ◽  
Vol 87 ◽  
pp. 243-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pasquale Parisi ◽  
Vincenzo Belcastro ◽  
Alberto Verrotti ◽  
Pasquale Striano ◽  
D.G.A. Kasteleijn-Nolst Trenitè
Keyword(s):  
Headache Classification ◽  
Ictal Epileptic Headache ◽  
International Headache Classification

An Update on the Less-known Group of Other Primary Headaches – A Review

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 71
Author(s):  
Evangelia Kararizou ◽  
Anastasia Bougea ◽  
Dimitra Giotopoulou ◽  
Evangelos Anagnostou ◽  
Annika Gkiata ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary Headache ◽  
External Pressure ◽  
Laboratory Evaluation ◽  
Primary Headaches ◽  
Primary Stabbing Headache ◽  
Headache Classification ◽  
International Headache Classification ◽  
Exercise Headache ◽  
Pressure Headache ◽  
Persistent Headache

Headache represents one of the most common symptoms in the emergency department. A systematic approach to headache classification is essential for diagnosis and efficient therapeutic management. New International Headache Classification (ICHD-3 beta) criteria provide a dynamic clinically useful instrument, establishing both uniform terminology and consistent operational diagnostic criteria for a broad range of headache disorders. This article reviews and highlights developments in our knowledge of “Other Primary Headaches”, including primary stabbing headache, primary cough headache, primary exercise headache, primary headache associated with sexual activity, hypnic headache, primary thunderclap headache, cold-stimulus headache, nummular headache, external-pressure headache and new daily persistent headache. Clinicians should be aware that these headaches may be symptomatic to structural lesions and therefore require careful neuroimaging and laboratory evaluation.

Chronic Post-Traumatic Headache – A Clinical Analysis in Relation to the International Headache Classification 2nd Edition

Cephalalgia ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 132-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
L Baandrup ◽  
R Jensen
Keyword(s):  
Multidisciplinary Treatment ◽  
Clinical Analysis ◽  
Tension Type Headache ◽  
Major Influence ◽  
Primary Headaches ◽  
Headache Classification ◽  
Post Traumatic ◽  
International Headache Classification ◽  
Headache Clinic ◽  
Type Headache

The clinical presentation of chronic post-traumatic headache in 53 patients from a highly specialized headache clinic was analysed and classified according to the diagnostic criteria of the primary headaches in The International Headache Classification 2nd Edition, and compared with the 1st Edition. All patients fulfilled the criteria for both editions indicating that the restrictions in the 2nd Edition have no major influence on the prevalence in specialized clinics. We found the phenomenology to be very heterogeneous, but the vast majority (77%) of patients presented with headache resembling chronic tension-type headache, either as the only manifestation or in combination with migraine symptoms. For the first time episodic tension-type headache is described as occurring after head trauma. The prevalence of coexisting analgesic overuse was 42% and the treatment outcome for these patients was just as favourable as in primary headaches, whereas the time-consuming multidisciplinary treatment demonstrated only very modest results.

scholarly journals Diagnostic and classification tools for chronic headache disorders: A systematic review

Cephalalgia ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (6) ◽  
pp. 761-784 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel Potter ◽  
Katrin Probyn ◽  
Celia Bernstein ◽  
Tamar Pincus ◽  
Martin Underwood ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Chronic Headache ◽  
Tension Type Headache ◽  
Primary Headaches ◽  
Headache Disorders ◽  
Headache Classification ◽  
Headache Type ◽  
Expert Clinician ◽  
Primary Care Clinicians ◽  
Type Headache

Background or aim Despite guidelines and the International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD-III beta) criteria, the diagnosis of common chronic headache disorders can be challenging for non-expert clinicians. The aim of the review was to identify headache classification tools that could be used by a non-expert clinician to classify common chronic disorders in primary care. Methods We conducted a systematic literature review of studies validating diagnostic and classification headache tools published between Jan 1988 and June 2016 from key databases: MEDLINE, ASSIA, Embase, Web of Knowledge and PsycINFO. Quality assessment was assessed using items of the Quality of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies (QUADAS-2). Results The search identified 38 papers reporting the validation of 30 tools designed to diagnose, classify or screen for headache disorders; nine for multiple headache types, and 21 for one headache type only. We did not identify a tool validated in a primary care that can be used by a non-expert clinician to classify common chronic headache disorders and screen for primary headaches other than migraine and tension-type headache in primary care. Conclusions Despite the availability of many headache classification tools we propose the need for a tool that could support primary care clinicians in diagnosing and managing chronic headache disorders within primary care, and allow more targeted referral to headache specialists.

scholarly journals Assessment of the Balance and Dizziness Objectification in Patients with Vestibular Bilous Headache

Doctor Ru ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (9) ◽  
pp. 17-20
Author(s):  
E.M. Illarionova ◽  
◽  
N.P. Gribova ◽  
◽  
Keyword(s):  
Visual Stimulation ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Frequency Spectra ◽  
Study Objective ◽  
Study Materials ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Pressure Centre ◽  
Group 2 ◽  
International Headache Classification ◽  
Primary Frequency

Study Objective: To study the balance in patients with vestibular bilious headache (BH) and possible use of a special comprehensive stabilometrical program for dizziness objectification in them. Study Design: open comparative study. Materials and Methods. The study included 188 patients. Group 1 were 94 patients with confirmed BH (according to the International Headache Classification). Group 2 were 94 patients with common migraine. The stabilometrical control group included 94 healthy subjects. The balance and dizziness objectification were assessed using a special comprehensive method comprising a set of stabilometrical tests. Study Results. The most marked changes in stabilometrical parameters were recorded in patients with BH. Primary frequency spectra of these patients were in a range of 0.3 Hz and above 2 Hz, showing the dysfunction of the postural system and vestibular component in particular. The rate of pressure centre deviation and statokinesigram area were increased in the patients from group 2 vs controls; however, statistically significant differences were noted only in opticokinetic test, sensory and vestibular, and closed-eye tandem results. Comparison of the two clinical groups demonstrates significant differences in basic stabilometrical parameters of all challenge tests. Visual control exclusion as well as substandard visual stimulation had significant impact on changes in the analysed parameters. Conclusion. The use of special stabilometrical tests (opticokinetic stimulation, sensory and vestibular and tandem tests) described in this article allows assessing the balance, quantifying vestibular dysfunction in patients with BH, and objectifying dizziness. Keywords: dizziness, balance, vestibular migraine, computer-aided stabilometry.

Preface: New headache classification

1989 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 111
Author(s):  
Eben Alexander
Keyword(s):  
Headache Classification
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