ABSTRACT
CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION AND PREVALENCE OF DIFFERENT TYPES (see Table 11)
ETIOLOGY (see Table 12)
CLINICAL HISTORY • Types of headache: how many types of headache do you
suffer from? • Length of history of headache: is this a new headache or
not; has it changed in character, severity or frequency? • Features of the headache itself: – Location/site of headache. – Onset. – Type/quality of headache (throbbing, steady). – Timing. – Severity. – Radiation. – Associated features (e.g. nausea, photophobia,
phonophobia, symptoms of aura, fever, neurologic symptoms such as weakness, diplopia, clumsiness, disturbance of balance, altered cognitive function; altered consciousness).
