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[Chronic daily headache: clinical presentation].

A V Krymchantowski1, P F Moreira Filho

  • 1Centro de Avaliação e Tratamento da Dor de Cabeça do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. abouchkrym@openlink.com.br

Arquivos De Neuro-Psiquiatria
|August 2, 2000
PubMed
Summary

Chronic daily headache (CDH) is often transformed migraine, presenting as daily pressure or tightening. Understanding these features aids diagnosis and management of this common, yet ill-defined, disorder.

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Area of Science:

  • Neurology
  • Headache Medicine

Context:

  • Chronic daily headache (CDH) is a prevalent condition with unclear diagnostic criteria.
  • CDH affects patients on a near-daily basis for over six months.
  • Existing diagnostic approaches for CDH remain debated.

Purpose:

  • To retrospectively analyze clinical features of patients diagnosed with chronic daily headache.
  • To identify the primary headache types that transform into chronic daily headache.
  • To compare clinical presentations between genders in chronic daily headache patients.

Summary:

  • A study of 300 CDH patients revealed transformed migraine (TM) in 90.3%, chronic tension-type headache (CTTH) in 8.7%, and new daily persistent headache (NDPH) in 1%.
  • Transformed migraine often presented as progressive, bilateral, moderate, non-continuous head pressure or tightening, with associated nausea (60%) and phonophobia (32%).

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  • CTTH predominantly featured non-continuous head pressure/tightening with sleep disturbances and no associated symptoms.

    • Impact:

    • Highlights the high prevalence of transformed migraine within the CDH population.
    • Provides detailed clinical characteristics for better identification of CDH subtypes.
    • Suggests potential gender-based differences in symptom presentation requiring further investigation.