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M Schroevers

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PubMed2000

Chronic daily headache: a time perspective.

OBJECTIVE: To determine the development and outcome of chronic daily headache in 258 headache practice patients, consisting of 50 men and 208 women. Chronic daily headache was defined as headaches occurring on at least 5 days per week for at least 1 year. METHODS: Two hundred fifty-eight patients with headache were interviewed and evaluated. Ninety-one patients were contacted by telephone for follow-up. RESULTS: Twenty-two percent of the patients had daily headaches from the onset, and 78% initially experienced intermittent headaches. Of the patients with initially intermittent headaches, 19% experienced an abrupt transition into daily headaches and 81%, a gradual one. In the patients with gradual transition, the transition of the initial, intermittent headaches into daily headaches took an average of 10.7 years. The initial headaches were mild in 33% of the patients and severe in 67%. The severe headaches were associated with nausea and vomiting significantly more often than the mild ones. However, the daily headaches that these patients ultimately developed were the same, regardless of whether the initial headaches were mild or severe. The patients who gradually developed daily headaches from initially intermittent headaches were contacted to determine the outcome of their headaches. Of these patients, 33% continued to have daily headaches and 67% again experienced intermittent headaches. Of the latter group, 88% of the patients who now had migraine also had migraine initially.

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PubMed1998

Presentation of chronic daily headache: a clinical study.

We studied the presentation of chronic daily headache in 258 patients from a private headache practice, 50 men and 208 women. Chronic daily headache was defined as headaches, occurring at least 5 days per week for at least 1 year. Seventy-seven percent of the patients experienced the onset of headache before the age of 30. The daily headaches were present on awakening in the morning or came about in the course of the morning in 79% of the patients. In 53%, they were worst in the afternoon or evening. The headaches awoke the patients at night at least once per week in 36%. At least twice per week, they were associated with nausea in 35% of the patients and with vomiting in 9%. Common aggravating factors included light, physical activity, bending over, noise, stress or tension, and menstruation. Ninety-four percent of the patients experienced severe headaches in addition to the daily headaches. In 63%, the severe headaches occurred 10 days per month or less. The daily caffeine intake of the patients averaged 170 mg, and the daily analgesic intake, 1860 mg of aspirin equivalents.

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Development of chronic daily headache: a clinical study.

We studied the development of chronic daily headache in 258 headache practice patients, 50 men and 208 women. Chronic daily headache was defined as headaches occurring at least 5 days per week for at least 1 year. Twenty-two percent of the patients had daily headaches from the onset, and 78% initially experienced intermittent headaches. Of the patients with initially intermittent headaches, 19% experienced an abrupt transition into daily headaches and 81% a gradual one. The distribution of the age of daily headache onset was the same in the patients with daily headaches from the onset and in those with initially intermittent headaches but with abrupt transition into daily headaches. The distribution of the circumstances of daily headache onset was also the same in the groups. The most common circumstance of abrupt onset of daily headaches was head, neck, or back injury, in 61% caused by a motor vehicle accident. In the patients with initially intermittent headaches but with gradual transition into daily headaches, the transition took an average of 10.7 years.

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