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Headaches are a common health problem that can affect people of all ages. There are several types of headaches, including tension headaches, migraines, and cluster headaches. Primary care providers play an important role in the management of headaches, including diagnosis, treatment, and referral as needed.

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HEADACHES PRIMARY CARE MANAGEMENT
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Headaches-overview Primary headaches -Migraine -tension type -cluster headache/cephalgias -Others
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Headache classification Secondary headaches- Trauma Cranial/ cervical vascular disorder Substance or its withdrawl Infection Homeostasis related Neck , sinuses,eyes,nose, teeth Anxiety/somatisation
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Headache classification Neuralgias/other headaches Eg cranial neralgias, trigeminal neuralgia, atypical facial pain
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Headaches Affect 40% of UK population Migraine- 15% of population. Females:males 3:1 Tension headaches- 80% of population Cluster headache 1 in 200
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MIGRAINE
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Migraine management Look at predisposing factors -stress, fatigue,depression,anxiety,menstruation, menopause, head/neck trauma. -trigger factors-dietary (20%), relaxation, travel, missing meals/sleep, bright lights, noise, strenuous exercise, mensruation.
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Migraine Duration (hours3 days) Without aura in 2/3rd -unilateral, pulsating, moderate/severe intensity, aggravated by exercise, nausea/vomiting. Photophonophobia With aura in 1/3rd- spreading scintillating scotoma, unilateral paraesthesia, dysphasia
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Migraine-drug intervention Step one- simple analgesic+/- antiemetic Eg aspirin 600-900mg +buccastem 3-6mgbd Step two – rectal analgesic +/- antiemetic Eg diclofenac suppositaries+domperidone suppositaries Step three – triptans-use at onset of pain, not aura. Some rebound of symptoms in 20-50% of patients within 48 hours.
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Triptans Sumatriptan 50-100mg Zolmitriptan 2.5mg then rpt after 2 hours (not children) Rizatriptan 10mg (equiv sumatriptan 100mg) Almotritan 12.5mg-HIGH EFFICACY. COST EFFECTIVE
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Migraine prophylaxis Ineffective for medication overuse headaches Use for 4-6 months-taper off over 2-3 weeks. Agents: betablockers, TCAD, pizotifen, gabapentin, lisinopril Other agents-topiramate, sodium valproate, clonidine Non drug therapies
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Tension headache
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Tension headaches Chronic tension type headache:- -more than 15 days per month - often daily -often stress/lifestyle related
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Tension headaches Episodic tension-type headache- -may be unilateral but tend to be generalised - pressure/tightness - often spreads from neck -stress related or related to cervical/cranial musculoskeletal anomalies
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Tension headache management Lifestyle changes Regular exercise Drug treatments-acute-aspirin 600-900mg, ibuprofen 600mg, naproxen 250-500mg, paracetamol 500mg-1g Prophylaxis-amitriptyline, nortriptyline, propranolol, SSRIs
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Medication overuse headaches Affects 1 in 50 adults Females:males 5:1 First noted with phenacetin/ergotamine More common with aspirin/ NSAIDs/paracetamol/codeine/DF118 Can take several weeks to resolve after medication withdrawl Key feature-pre-emptive use of analgesia
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Medication overuse headaches-cont. Low doses daily carry larger risk than higher doses weekly Esp common if using simple analgesia more days than not per month Using triptans, codeine >10days per month Worse on awakening in the morning Worse after physical exertion
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Medication withdrawl headache-treatment Stage one-abrupt withdrawl most effective-Sx will worsen in days 3-7. Stage 2-recovery from MOH Stage 3- review and assess the underlying primary headache disorder Stage 4- prevent relapse Failure to withdraw- naproxen 250mgtds/500mg bd, tcad.
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References Mentor/GP notebook BASH (British Association for the Study of Headaches)-guidelines. www.bash.org.uk Neurological Differential diagnoses. Batten, J. 2nd edition.