• Aust Fam Physician · Mar 2014

    Review

    Management of chronic headache.

    • Roy G Beran.
    • MBBS, MD, FRCP, FRACGP, FACLM, B LegS, Consultant Neurologist; Conjoint Associate Professor of Medicine, University of New South Wales; Professor, School of Medicine, Griffith University;
    • Aust Fam Physician. 2014 Mar 1;43(3):106-10.

    BackgroundHeadache remains the most common cause of neurological consultation in clinical practice for which correct diagnosis and treatment are essential.ObjectiveThis article provides a review of headache presentation and management, with an emphasis on chronic headaches and the differentiation between migraine and tension-type headache (TTH).DiscussionBy far the most important diagnostic tool for proper headache diagnosis is the taking of a concise and representative history of the headaches. Migraine and TTH exist along a continuum and identification of the patient's position on this continuum has important implications for management.

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