scholarly journals The prevalence and burden of primary headache disorders among adults in rural villages of Bangalore District, South India: A community-based study

2022 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 322-325
Author(s):  
Thomas Mathew ◽  
Shweta Ajay ◽  
B Ramakrishna Goud ◽  
Deepthi Narayan Shanbhag ◽  
Charles J Pallan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Rural Community ◽  
Primary Care Physicians ◽  
South India ◽  
Health Centre ◽  
Community Setting ◽  
Primary Headache ◽  
Headache Disorders ◽  
Rural Villages ◽  
Primary Headache Disorders

The prevalence of primary headache disorders (PHDs) and their burden has been seldom studied in the rural community setting of a developing country. To study the prevalence of primary headache disorders and their burden in the rural community A door to door survey was done in seven rural villages under Mugalur sub centre area, Sarjapura Primary Health Centre and Anekal taluk, Bangalore district, Karnataka State, south India, for finding the prevalence and burden of PHDs. During the study period of three months, a total of 1255 people were screened in the seven villages. 13.1% (165/1255) of people suffered from PHDs. The population prevalence of migraine without aura was 8.84% (111/1255), tension type headache was 2.86% (36/1255) and chronic migraine was 1.43%(18/1255). The mean number of headache days for all the PHDs was 4.26 (±1.64) days. 66.1% of persons with headache reported minimal or infrequent impact of headache. Among various demographic variables, headache was significantly associated with the female gender and marital status. PHDs are prevalent in the rural communities of developing countries and need urgent attention of primary care physicians, community health departments, governmental agencies and policy makers.

scholarly journals Use of traditional medicine for primary headache disorders in Kuwait

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jasem Y. Al-Hashel ◽  
Samar Farouk Ahmed ◽  
Fatemah J Alshawaf ◽  
Raed Alroughani
Keyword(s):  
Traditional Medicine ◽  
Primary Headache ◽  
Headache Disorders ◽  
Primary Headache Disorders

Olfactory hallucinations in primary headache disorders: Case series and literature review. A comment

Cephalalgia ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 32 (7) ◽  
pp. 583-584 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geneviève Demarquay ◽  
Christelle Créac’h ◽  
Roland Peyron
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Case Series ◽  
Primary Headache ◽  
Headache Disorders ◽  
Primary Headache Disorders

scholarly journals Narrative Review of the Pathophysiology of Headaches and Photosensitivity in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Concussion

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Mares ◽  
Jehane H. Dagher ◽  
Mona Harissi-Dagher
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Mild Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Primary Headache ◽  
Underlying Mechanism ◽  
Glutamate Excitotoxicity ◽  
Secondary Headache ◽  
Headache Disorders ◽  
Primary Headache Disorders ◽  
Post Traumatic

AbstractThe most common symptom of post-concussive syndrome (PCS) is post-traumatic headache (PTH) accompanied by photophobia. Post-traumatic headache is currently categorized as a secondary headache disorder with a clinical phenotype described by its main features and resembling one of the primary headache disorders: tension, migraine, migraine-like cluster. Although PTH is often treated with medication used for primary headache disorders, the underlying mechanism for PTH has yet to be elucidated. The goal of this narrative literature review is to determine the current level of knowledge of these PTHs and photophobia in mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) in order to guide further research and attempt to discover the underlying mechanism to both symptoms. The ultimate purpose is to better understand the pathophysiology of these symptoms in order to provide better and more targeted care to afflicted patients. A review of the literature was conducted using the databases CINAHL, EMBASE, PubMed. All papers were screened for sections on pathophysiology of PTH or photophobia in mTBI patients. Our paper summarizes current hypotheses. Although the exact pathophysiology of PTH and photophobia in mTBI remains to be determined, we highlight several interesting findings and avenues for future research, including central and peripheral explanations for PTH, neuroinflammation, cortical spreading depolarization and the role of glutamate excitotoxicity. We discuss the possible neuroanatomical pathways for photophobia and hypothesize a possible common pathophysiological basis between PTH and photophobia.

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