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Headache: An Overview
Danish Ejaz Bhatti
History of headache
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7000 BC
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Trepanation
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1500 BC
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Egyptians
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400 BC
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Hippocrates
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17
th
Century
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Thomas Willis
http://www.headacheaustralia.org.au/what_is_headache/history_of_headache
Burden of Headache
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> 13,000 tons of aspirinconsumed annually worldwide
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Headaches account for1-2%of ER visits and up to4%of
visits to physicians
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“First-or-Worst Syndrome”
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“Last Straw Syndrome”
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Lifetime prevalence for any type of headache> 90%for men&95%for women
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23 million Americans with migraine: 18% women, 6% men
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