CE: Diagnosing and Managing Migraine. Issue 1 (January 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Goetz, Allene; McCormick, Samantha; Phillips, Rosemary; Friedman, Deborah
• Is Part Of: American journal of nursing. Volume 122:Issue 1(2022)
• Page Start: 32
• Page End: 43
• Publication Date: 2022-01
• Subjects: headache -- migraine -- neurologic disorder -- primary headache -- secondary headache -- tension-type headache; Nursing -- Periodicals; Electronic journals; 610.7305
• DOI: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000805640.82646.ac
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0002-936X

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Roughly 90% of the U.S. population will develop a headache within their lifetime, and headache disorders account for more disability-adjusted life-years than all other neurologic disorders combined. Among primary headache disorders, the two most common are tension-type headache and migraine, with migraine identified as the most disabling. Here, the authors describe the importance of differentiating primary and secondary headache disorders and discuss the pathophysiology; clinical assessment; and outpatient management of the debilitating migraine headache, summarizing both acute and prophylactic treatment strategies that can substantially reduce associated disability. Abstract : An overview of migraine pathophysiology, prevalence, risk factors, assessment, and acute and prophylactic treatment in the outpatient primary care setting.