The book is intended for all medical practitioners dealing with headache patients and covers a spectrum of interest to general practitioners, specialist physicians and neurologists. Headache is one of the most common of symptoms and can interfere with many of lifes pleasures as well as working ability. It deserves to be taken seriously.
The history of headache; Recording the patients case history; Types of headache; Diagnosis based on the history; Physical examination; Migraine: varieties; Migraine: clinical aspects; Migraine: pathophysiology; Migraine: treatment; Tension-type headache; Cluster headache and related conditions; Other headaches without any structural abnormality; Post-traumatic headache; Vascular disorders; Non-vascular intracranial disorders; Disorders of the neck, cranial and extracranial structures; Cranial neuralgias and pain of central origin; The investigation and general management of headache; Appendices: An explanation of hyperventilation: Relaxation exercises; Index.