| What Can You Do to Help Yourself? -- Chapter 1 What Is a Headache? 5 -- What Is Pain? -- Why Does Your Head Ache? -- Major Classifications of Headaches -- Who Gets Recurrent Headaches? -- Social and Economic Effects of Chronic Headaches -- Historical Perspectives -- Chapter 2 Common Myths and Facts About Chronic Headaches 17 -- Myth or Fact? -- Just the Facts, Please! -- Chapter 3 Headache Triggers 23 -- Environmental Headache Triggers -- Dietary Headache Triggers -- Nutritional Deficiencies That Can Trigger Headaches -- Lifestyle Factors That Can Trigger Headaches -- Social Habits That Can Trigger Headaches -- Medications and Recreational Drugs That Can Trigger Headaches -- Chapter 4 Tension-Type Headaches 49 -- What Causes Tension-Type Headaches? -- Who Gets Tension-Type Headaches? -- How Do You Know If You Have Tension-Type Headaches? -- Diagnosing Tension-Type Headaches -- How to Treat and Prevent Tension-Type Headaches -- Chapter 5 Migraine Headaches 61 -- What Causes Migraine Headaches? -- Common Types of Migraine -- Types of Migraine Headaches -- Uncommon Migraine Variants -- Who Gets Migraine Headaches? -- Anatomy of a Migraine Attack -- Health Risks Associated with Migraine Headaches -- Diagnosing Migraine -- How to Treat and Prevent Migraines -- Chapter 6 Cluster Headaches 79 -- What Causes Cluster Headaches? -- Cluster Headache Sufferer -- How Do You Know If You Have Cluster Headaches? -- Diagnosing Cluster Headaches -- Health Risks of Cluster Headaches -- How to Treat and Prevent Cluster Headaches -- Chapter 7 Mixed Headaches 91 -- What Causes Mixed Headaches? -- Who Gets Mixed Headaches? -- What Do Mixed Headaches Feel Like? -- Diagnosing Mixed Headaches -- How to Treat and Prevent Mixed Headaches -- Chapter 8 Headaches in Women 97 -- What Kinds of Headaches Do Women Get? -- Menstrual Cycle in Review -- Menstrual Cycle and Headaches -- Pregnancy and Headaches -- Menopause and Headaches -- Birth Control Pills and Headaches -- Hormone Replacement Therapy and Headaches -- Chapter 9 Headaches in Children and Adolescents 109 -- How Common Are Childhood Headaches, and Who Gets Them? -- Is Headache in Children and Adults the Same Disease? -- What Kinds of Headaches Do Children and Adolescents Get? -- Coping with School and Chronic Headaches -- Diagnosing Childhood Headaches -- Treating and Preventing Childhood Headaches -- Chapter 10 Medical Conditions That Cause Headaches 123 -- Secondary Headaches -- Other Medical Causes of Headaches -- Chapter 11 Life-threatening Headaches 135 -- Two Types of Headaches -- Brain Tumors -- Meningitis and Encephalitis -- Ruptured Aneurysm -- Stroke -- Chapter 12 Medical Evaluation of the Headache Patient 143 -- Headache History -- Physical Examination -- Common Laboratory Testing -- Common X-ray Studies -- Other Diagnostic Testing and Procedures -- Chapter 13 Working with Your Health Care Team 153 -- What to Expect from Your Health Care Team -- Getting the Most Out of Each Health Care Visit -- Keeping a Headache Diary -- Forming a Provider/Patient Partnership -- Chapter 14 Which Practitioners Should Evaluate and Treat Your Headaches? 159 -- Conventional Practitioners -- Nonphysician Practitioners -- Chronic Pain and Headache Centers -- Chapter 15 Managing Your Headaches Without Drugs 171 -- Lifestyle Modifications -- Physiological Therapies -- Mind/Body Therapies -- Chapter 16 Headache Drugs 185 -- When Should You Take Headache Drugs? -- Learning About Headache Drugs -- Headache Abortive Medications -- Headache Prophylactic Medications -- Drugs Used to Treat Specific Medical Conditions -- High Blood Pressure Drugs -- Complementary and Alternative Therapy -- Chapter 17 How to Be a Savvy Consumer 211 -- Financial Effects of Your Headaches -- Are You Covered? -- Tips on Dealing with Managed Care Networks -- Dealing with Medicare and Medicaid -- Reducing Medication Costs -- Let's Talk About Quackery -- Complementary and Alternative Therapies -- Chapter 18 Living Well with Chronic Headache 225 -- An Emotional Roller Coaster -- Becoming a Competent Self-Manager -- Educating Your Employer -- Role of Loved Ones -- Support Groups -- Developing a Comprehensive Plan -- A Look to the Future -- Appendix A Headache Symptom Diary 237 -- Appendix B Chronic Headache Resources 239. |
