Med. praxi. 2012;9(3):118-123

Headache at a later age

MUDr.Andrea Bártková
Neurologická klinika FN Olomouc

In elderly as well as in younger age, headache is one of the most common complaints with which patients present to physicians. Headaches

at a later age have their specific features. Primary headaches, e. g. migraine, tend to retreat and change their characteristic features.

By contrast, secondary headaches occur increasingly due to comorbidities that are common in old age. This review deals with both primary

and secondary headaches while taking into account nosological entities and clinical manifestations specific for later age.

later age.

Keywords: primary and secondary headache, migraine, migraine aura, tension-type headache, temporal arteritis, trigeminal neuralgia,

Published: March 26, 2012  Show citation

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