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TITLE:

MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC HEADACHE

AUTHORS:

Ahmed Abdulaziz Alshamrani , Ali Abdulaziz Alshamrani , Abdullah Saud Alotaibi , Mansour Abdullah Alfaya , Matooq Hasan Noah , Fahad Abdullah Alfaya , Alanoud Khalid Nasri , HANI AHMED AL ABDULLAH , Turke Ali Alajmi , Roaa hamoud alosaimi , Zainab Ayman Alibrahim

ABSTRACT:

Introduction: Headache, a devastating painful symptom is one of the most common complaint in the world. the distress symptomatic individuals suffer, social influence and financial cost for both the symptomatic patient and society are of great significance. Headache represents 4% of the general Practitioners consultations, and 2– 4% of these are alluded to specialists or hospitals. Headache is likely the most common explanation behind referral to neurology specialists. Roughly 20– 30% of every new referral to out-patients neurological offices are because of headache Methodology: in this paper we carried out a systematic review on observational (nonrandomized) studies using PubMed and MEDLINE from January 1991 through June 2007. The following search terms were used: chronic headache, migraine, tension type headache, hemicranias, medication induced headache, treatment of headache Aim: our aims in the study is to different types of chronic headaches and understand their management. Conclusion: chronic headache adds to a huge burden in overall health care system, and a very frequent general practice visit. Treatment of this type of headache is very challenging due to its chronicity as well as its risk of conversion into medication onset headache. More researches that can promise better quality of life for individuals that suffer from chronic daily headache must be done. Keywords: chronic headache, migraine, tension type headache, medication induced headache.

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