Managing Your Headaches

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Green, Mark W. (Editor), Green, Leah M. (Editor), Rothrock, John F. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2005.
• Edition: Second Edition.
• Subjects: Medicine.; General practice (Medicine).; Internal medicine.; Neurology.; Pain medicine.; Medicine & Public Health.; General Practice / Family Medicine.; Internal Medicine.; Pain Medicine.

Frequent headaches seriously affect the lives of millions of sufferers. The result can be lost productivity and income, restrict activity, lower self-esteem, and even social isolation. For many, it takes years to find the appropriate medication to manage your headaches effectively. In Managing Your...

Table of Contents:

• Headache for History Buffs
• When Is a Headache More Than “Just a Headache?”: The Secondary Headaches
• The Primary Headache Syndromes: When Is a Headache “Just a Headache?”
• The Pharmacologic Treatment of Migraine
• Nonpharmacologic Treatment of Migraine
• Your Visit to the Doctor
• What to Expect.