Chronic daily headaches
Chronic daily headaches are defined as headaches which occur at least 15 days or more per month for at least three months, regardless of the underlying headache aetiology.
Category Neurology
Other primary headaches
In addition to migraine, tension-type headache and trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias, the International Headache Society includes a fourth category of primary headache disorders.
Trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias
The trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias. Besides cluster headaches, there are three other trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias
Cluster headache
Cluster headaches are the most common of the trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias as defined by the International Headache Society
Tension headache
Tension headaches are the most common type of primary headache disorder seen in practice, and perhaps the most misunderstood
Migraine headache
Migraine is a complex neurophysiological disease characterized by episodic, and sometimes chronic, and progressive forms of headache.
Headache aetiology
Early hypotheses of headache pain focused on peripheral mechanisms. These include extracranial muscle contraction and vascular dilation
Headache classification
Headache is a symptom. Headache may be a primary, such as cluster headache, or secondary to another issue, such as a brain tumour
Brown-Séquard Syndrome
Brown-Séquard syndrome is an incomplete spinal cord injury, affecting the entire lateral half of the spinal cord (hemisection) and results in weakness or paralysis on one side of the body and a loss of sensation on the opposite side
Gerstmann syndrome
Description What is the actual eponymous medical sign/syndrome/repair/classification… History Associated Persons Alternative names Controversies Did they first describe or popularise or plagiarise? References Historical references Eponymous term review
Josef Gerstmann
Biography Medical Eponyms Gerstmann syndrome autotopagnosia; finger agnosia Gerstmann syndrome 2 A paranoid psychosis with auditory hallucinations in patients with general paresis of the insane, as a result of malarial therapy, described by Gerstmann in 1924. Major Publications References Biography…
CT Case 005
A 75 yo female is found on the floor at home with reduced level of consciousness. She was last seen well over 12 hours prior.