Managing Headache in Primary Care

Headache is one of the most common medical complaints. With increased understanding of the mechanisms of migraine, the different types of headache and the new treatment options available, general practitioners are able to effectively diagnose and treat problem headaches where once they would have referred to a neurologist. This comprehensive text provides background information, such as the anatomy of the cranial pain pathways, and uses this as a foundation to set out the current thinking on headache and migraine mechanisms and how the disease can be managed with effective history-taking, diagnosis and treatment strategies. In this book, the authors aim to harmonize the clinical approaches to headache on a worldwide basis.