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In the Spotlight

Acute headache: diagnosis
Anti-CGRP monoclonal antibodies for prevention of migraine
Benign paroxysmal vertigo
Epidemiology of headache
Headache guidelines
Headache in children: overview and treatment approaches
Indomethacin-responsive headache syndromes
Migraine: psychiatric comorbidities
Neuroimaging of headache
Psychological factors and headache

Migraine

Abdominal migraine
Hemiplegic migraine
Late-life migrainous accompaniments
Migraine
Migraine and epilepsy
Migraine aura without headache
Migraine in childhood
Migraine with brainstem aura
Migraine: clinical aspects
Migrainous infarction
Recurrent painful ophthalmoplegic neuropathy
Retinal migraine
Status migrainosus
Vestibular migraine

Migraine-like Headaches

Chronic daily headache
Cluster headache
Hemicrania continua
Hypnic headache
Paroxysmal hemicrania
Primary headache associated with sexual activity
SUNCT syndrome

Other Headaches

Eye-related headache
Headache associated with acute substance use or exposure
Headache associated with cervical spine dysfunction
Headache associated with HIV and AIDS
Headache associated with intracranial infection
Headache associated with intracranial neoplasms
Headache associated with ischemic cerebrovascular disease
Headache associated with low CSF pressure
Headache associated with neurologic deficits and CSF lymphocytosis
Headache attributed to disorder of homeostasis
Headache attributed to head trauma
Headache in transplant patients
Medication overuse headache
Medications and substances causing headache
New daily persistent headache
Pain, headache, and oromandibular structures
Primary cough headache
Primary exercise headache
Primary stabbing headache
Rhinosinus-related headache
Susac syndrome
Tension-type headache
Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome

Pain

Back pain
Back pain in children
Brachial plexus injuries
Cancer pain
Central neuropathic pain
Chronic pain
Complex regional pain syndrome
Erythromelalgia
Femoral neuropathy
Fibromyalgia
Lumbosacral plexus injuries
Myofascial pain syndrome
Neuralgic amyotrophy
Neuropathic pain: treatment
Neurovascular injuries
Otalgia
Pain
Pain, headache, and oromandibular structures
Painful conditions of the face and head
Painful ophthalmoplegia
Peripheral nerve injuries
Peroneal neuropathy
Phantom limb pain
Radial neuropathy
Sciatic neuropathy
Small fiber neuropathies
Suprascapular neuropathy
Thoracic disc prolapse
Thoracic outlet syndrome
Tibial nerve injuries
Ulnar neuropathies
Ulnar neuropathy at the elbow

Treatment Information

Acupuncture
Acupuncture in headache treatment
Anti-CGRP monoclonal antibodies for prevention of migraine
Chiropractic manipulation: neurologic complications
Dihydroergotamine
Neurosurgical management of chronic pain
Pregabalin
Sumatriptan
Tapentadol
Triptans
Valproic acid
Ziconotide

Related Topics

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Headache associated with hormonal fluctuations
Headache associated with illicit drug use
Sleep and headaches
Visual snow

Forum

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News

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Many women suffering from severe migraine might avoid pregnancy, but should they?
Sep 15, 2020
Reasons for the delay in family planning include fears their migraine may get worse during pregnancy, may make their pregnancy more difficult, or cause harm to their child.
Targeting a chronic pain gateway could bring relief
Aug 20, 2020
A new approach to chronic pain treatment targets a molecule that moves pain messages into nerve cell nuclei.
App promises to improve pain management in dementia patients
Jun 02, 2020
App to aid health-care staff to assess and manage pain in patients suffering from dementia and other neurodegenerative diseases.
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Patient Handouts

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Alternating hemiplegia
Chiari malformation
Cluster headache
Complementary and alternative medicine
Complex regional pain syndrome
Headache
Malformaciones de Chiari (Spanish)
Medicina complementaria y alternativa (Spanish)
Neuralgia del trigemino (Spanish)
Pain
Síndrome de dolor regional complejo (Spanish)
Temporomandibular disorders
Trigeminal neuralgia

Guidelines

AAN: Assessing patients in a neurology practice for risk of falls

AAN: Botulinum neurotoxin in thetreatment of autonomic disorders and pain

AAN: Diagnostic evaluation and treatment of trigeminal neuralgia

AAN: EEG in the Evaluation of Headache

AAN: Headache

AAN: Pharmacologic treatment for episodic migraine prevention in adults

AAN: Transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation in the treatment of pain in neurologic disorders

AAN: Use of epidural steroid injections to treat radicular lumbosacral pain

ACR appropriatenesscriteria: headache in children

Quality Measures

AAN: Primary headache quality measures

Other External Resources

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Guidelines

AAN: EEG in the Evaluation of Headache

AAN: Headache

Clinical Trials

NIH: Chronic Pain

NIH: Neuropathic Pain

Featured Images and Videos

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A scheme of personalized management of pain diagram Diagram: A scheme of personalized management of pain
Cerebrospinal fluid leak Image: Cerebrospinal fluid leak
Dural enhancement in spontaneous intracranial hypotension (axial MRI) Image: Dural enhancement in spontaneous intracranial hypotension (axial MRI)
Dural enhancement in spontaneous intracranial hypotension (coronal MRI) Image: Dural enhancement in spontaneous intracranial hypotension (coronal MRI)