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Headache : a practical manual /

Headache is a global problem and the needs of sufferers go largely unmet. The World Health Organisation puts migraine in the top twenty diseases in terms of disability adjusted life years. Headache causes considerable economic and social impact to both sufferers and families. Current UK policy offer...

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Corporate Author: British Association for the Study of Headache
Other Authors: Kernick, David, Goadsby, Peter J.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Headache > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Headache.
Headache Disorders
Headache
Handbook
manuals (instructional materials)
handbooks.
Handbooks and manuals.
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9780191552601
0191552607
1283581116
9781283581110
0191753203
9780191753206
9786613893567
6613893560
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Getting to grips with the basics
  • Investigating the headache
  • Severe headache of sudden onset
  • The migraine attack
  • Migraine treatment
  • Migraine in women
  • Tension-type headache
  • Cluster headache and other trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias
  • Cervicogenic headache
  • Headache attributed to head or neck trauma
  • Headache due to disorders of CSF pressure
  • Headache associated with exertion, cough and sex
  • Other secondary headaches
  • Medication overuse headache
  • Headache in children
  • Headache in the elderly
  • Facial pain
  • Alternative approaches where evidence is awaited or contested
  • The role of the specialist nurse in headache
  • The development of headache services.

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