The month of June is celebrated as Headache and Migraine Awareness Month
I have written about Sinusitis in Adults https://sheelusrinivas-entpractice.blogspot.com/2012/10/i-have-got-sinus-information-about.html and Children https://sheelusrinivas-entpractice.blogspot.com/2017/01/sinusitis-in-children.html
Today, we will discuss headaches in ENT outpatient settings and when do we take help of other specialists including Neurologists or a Sleep Specialists.
Headaches can be acute or chronic. There can be associated symptoms like an aura, intolerance to light or sound, nausea and so on.
The location and duration of attacks also help in diagnosis.
A good history can clinch a diagnosis.
Depending on the age group: Young, middle age and older patients, the differential diagnosis of headaches change.
I would like to give advice for patients with chronic headache is to maintain a diary of headache and what medications were taken.
After a detail history, thorough clinical examination and looking for risk factors and signs :a diagnosis is reached.
Migraines form one of the commonest diagnosis and presentation of headache in clinical practice.
Sharing an interesting video on Migraine:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHffEt-MXjI
I have written about Sinusitis in Adults https://sheelusrinivas-entpractice.blogspot.com/2012/10/i-have-got-sinus-information-about.html and Children https://sheelusrinivas-entpractice.blogspot.com/2017/01/sinusitis-in-children.html
Today, we will discuss headaches in ENT outpatient settings and when do we take help of other specialists including Neurologists or a Sleep Specialists.
Headaches can be acute or chronic. There can be associated symptoms like an aura, intolerance to light or sound, nausea and so on.
The location and duration of attacks also help in diagnosis.
A good history can clinch a diagnosis.
Depending on the age group: Young, middle age and older patients, the differential diagnosis of headaches change.
I would like to give advice for patients with chronic headache is to maintain a diary of headache and what medications were taken.
After a detail history, thorough clinical examination and looking for risk factors and signs :a diagnosis is reached.
Migraines form one of the commonest diagnosis and presentation of headache in clinical practice.
Sharing an interesting video on Migraine:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHffEt-MXjI
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