http://www.fpnotebook.com/
Chronic Non-Progressive Headache
Aka: Chronic Non-Progressive Headache, Chronic Daily Headache
- See Also
- Headache
- Headache Causes
- Acute Recurrent Headache
- Acute Generalized Headache
- Acute Localized Headache
- Chronic Progressive Headache
- Epidemiology
- Prevalence
- Headaches >15 days/month: 5% of U.S. population
- Migraine Headaches: 25% of the U.S. population
- References
- Castillo (1999) Headache 39:190-6
- Differential Diagnosis: Chronic Daily Headache
- Primary Headache
- Tension Headache
- Migraine Headache
- Under-recognized
- Accounts for 95% of Headache presentations
- Migraine Tension-Type Headache complex
- Usually evolved from Migraine Headache
- Analgesic or ErgotamineRebound Headache
- In one third of Chronic Daily Headache patients
- Secondary Headache
- See Chronic Progressive Headaches (Organic Headache)
- Myofacial pain
- Cervical spine disorder
- Temperomandibular joint dysfunction
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea
- Evaluation
- See Headache History
- See Headache Examination
- See Headache Diagnostic Testing
- Indications
- See Headache Red Flags
- Cases in which diagnostic testing can be avoided
- No Headache Red Flags suggesting Organic Headache
- Stable Headache pattern for >6 months
- No associated neurologic changes