Cerebral Subdural Hematoma Following Spinal Anesthesia: Report of Two Cases by Mehrdad Moradi, Shoaleh Shami, Fariba Farhadifar, Karim Nesseri

“…Postdural puncture headache and cerebral subdural hematoma are among complications of spinal anesthesia with some common characteristics; however misdiagnosis of these two could result in a catastrophic outcome or prevent unwanted results by urgent interventions. …”
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The use of triptans as an effective form of migraine treatment – review by Agata Borkowska, Anna Kiełb, Anna Mich, Anna Kaźmierczak, Patrycja Sornek, Wiktoria Izdebska, Igor Pawlak, Radosław Ciesielski, Jakub Stanek, Klaudia Perkowska

“… Introduction Migraine, a prevalent neurological disorder, is characterized by recurrent episodes of moderate to severe headache, often accompanied by symptoms such as nausea, photophobia, and phonophobia. …”
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Confusional State in HaNDL Syndrome: Case Report and Literature Review by Sarah Nelson

“…The syndrome of transient headache and neurologic deficits with cerebrospinal fluid lymphocytosis (HaNDL syndrome) is a self-limited condition. …”
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NSAIDs and Triptans – a (not) New Treatment Option for Migraine by B. Kakta, Rasa Mameniškienė

“… Every day, around 7% of population will experience headache caused by migraine. Migraine is one of the leading causes of years lived with disability, and it also causes significant negative economic impact, as most as the affected population is of working age. …”
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Rapid Pituitary Apoplexy Regression: What Is the Time Course of Clot Resolution? by Devon L. Jackson, Jamie J. Van Gompel

“…The pituitary mass was detected by MRI after the patient presented with sudden onset of headache, suggestive of an apoplectic event. The headache resolved with analgesic medications. …”
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Targeted Anterior Cervical Epidural Blood Patch in a Patient with Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension by Ravindra Singh Shekhawat, Ming Hui Yong, Si Ying Julienne Keong, Kunihiko Chen, Chow Wei Too, Shahul Hameed

“…A 45-year-old male was admitted with severe orthostatic headache secondary to spontaneous intracranial hypotension. …”
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ACUPRESSURE AND AROMATIC GINGER HERB FOR A MIGRAINE by Mayla Khayra Al ‘Amali, Ario Imandiri, Sukardiman Sukardiman

“…Headaches are one of the most common disorders of the nervous system. …”
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Carbon Monoxide Poisoning with Neurological, Ocular, and Myocardial Damage: A Case Report by Duc Nguyen, Sinh Nguyen, Anh Lam

“…They went from Hanoi to Phu Tho province about 50 kilometers with 1.5 hours. 20 minutes after leaving Hanoi, the patient felt headache, dizziness, nausea. Everybody rested in Phu Tho for 45 minutes after returning to Hanoi together, the car ran about 10 minutes, patient felt headache, dizziness, a lot of nausea. …”
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Subdural empyema in patient with SARS-CoV-2 positivity: A rare case report of 3 patients by Hamidreza Aghadoost, MD, Ghazaleh Salehabadi, MD-MPH, Esmaeil Fakharian, MD

“…The first case is a 17-year-old female presented with a 1-week history of severe progressive headache, right-sided ptosis, and left-sided hemiplegia with a history of COVID-19 in about 40 days before admission. …”
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Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate Receptor Encephalitis after Herpes Simplex Virus Encephalitis by John J. Vaidya

“…The patient had a history of headache and fever of 1–2-week duration, and cerebrospinal fluid and magnetic resonance imaging picture suggestive of HSV encephalitis. …”
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Epidural Brain Metastases in a Patient with Early Onset Pancreatic Cancer: A Case Report and Literature Review by Aibek E. Mirrakhimov, Farah N. Khan

“…A 46-year-old Caucasian non-Jewish nonobese male with a history of PC diagnosed 3 months ago with metastases to the liver, omentum, malignant ascites, and a history of a pulmonary embolism was admitted to the hospital because of a new onset headache, nausea, and vomiting which started 2 days prior to the encounter. …”
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Associated with Posterior Cranial Fossa Meningioma by Nobuyuki Takeuchi, Etushi Kato, Kousuke Kanemoto

“…The patient was examined for a headache and a posterior cranial fossa meningioma was found. …”
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Hemorrhagic Colloid Cyst Presenting with Acute Hydrocephaly by Reza Akhavan, Behrouz Zandi, Masoud Pezeshki-Rad, Donya Farrokh, Bita Abbasi

“…They mostly remain asymptomatic and sometimes grow progressively and cause diverse symptoms associated with increased intracranial pressure such as headache, diplopia, and sixth cranial nerve palsy. …”
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Postdural Puncture Superior Sagittal Sinus Thrombosis in a Juvenile Case of Clinically Isolated Syndrome by Miriam Michel, Edda Haberlandt, Matthias Baumann, Andreas Entenmann, Michaela Wagner, Kevin Rostasy

“…In adolescent patients with acute inflammatory disease undergoing lumbar puncture followed by intravenous high-dose glucocorticosteroid therapy, one should be aware of the elevated risk for thrombosis. A persistent headache with change in the headache pattern and loss of a postural component might be a sign for CVT, requiring emergency imaging of the brain.…”
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The Recognition and Management of Adverse Effects in Electroconvulsive Therapy: Findings From a Finnish Survey Study by Saara H. Huoponen, Katrin Sisa, Tom Saari, Markku Taittonen, Ulla Ahlmén‐Laiho

“…Results Our survey reached 19 out of 26 units in Finland, with 17 units completing the full questionnaire. Headache, myalgia and postictal confusion (PIC) emerged as the most frequently reported AEs. …”
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The impact of neuroscience education therapy, behavioral economics, and digital navigators on patient migraine treatment adherence to a mobile health application: a prospective pil... by Mia T. Minen, Erin K. Waire, John Torous, Jessica Fishman, Richard B. Lipton, Scott W. Powers

“…We conducted a 6-month prospective pilot randomized controlled trial testing if a multi-component package of behavioral interventions increased treatment adherence among patients using one of two different mHealth migraine self-management programs (low-intensity program consisting only of a headache diary versus high-intensity program consisting of a headache diary and behavioral exercises). …”
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It Is Just a Blood Patch: Considerations for Patients with Preexisting Intracranial Hypertension by Devina Shiwlochan, Sargis Ohanyan, Kanishka Rajput

“…Epidural blood patches are routine procedures interventional pain physicians perform for postdural puncture headaches (PDPH), whether it be due to the inadvertent wet tap from an epidural or a diagnostic lumbar puncture. …”
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Pain complaints after consecutive nights and quick returns in Norwegian nurses working three-shift rotation: an observational study by Bjørn Bjorvatn, Mikko Härmä, Stein Knardahl, Morten Wærsted, Maria Katsifaraki, Kristian Bernhard Nilsen, Jan Olav Christensen, Dagfinn Matre

“…No conclusive support was found for the risk for pain complaints being higher after QRs, compared with after morning shifts.Conclusions For five of six pain complaints, the hypotheses were not supported by the current data. For headache, we found potential support for a sleep-relieving effect on headache after working several nights in a row. …”
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Clinical Features and Predictors of Lethal Outcome in Tick-Borne Encephalitis: A Retrospective Study from Lithuania by G. Rynkevič, E. Žilinskas, D. Streckytė, D. Radzišauskienė, R. Mameniškienė

“…The most common symptoms were headache (509, 86.56%) followed by febrile fever (403, 68.54%), fatigue (400, 68.03%), and dizziness (394, 67.01%). …”
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Acupuncture as prophylaxis for chronic migraine: a protocol for a single-blinded, double-dummy randomised controlled trial by Claire Shuiqing Zhang, Bin Li, Lin Zeng, Lu Liu, Luo-peng Zhao, Kelun Wang, Jingxia Zhao, Linpeng Wang, Xianghong Jing

“…The primary outcome is the reduction of monthly headache days, and the secondary outcomes include the reduction of the number of days with acute headache medications, and changes of Migraine Disability Assessment, Migraine-Specific Quality of Life Questionnaire, Headache Impact Test, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory-trait, and Beck Depression Inventory-II scores from baseline to endpoints.Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval of this study was granted by the Research Ethical Committee of Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine Affiliated to Capital Medical University (2017BL-045-01). …”
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