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HEADACHES

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HEADACHES ARE CLASSIFIED AS PRIMARY OR SECONDARY
PRIMARY HEADACHES ARE TYPICALLY TERMED TENSION, CLUSTER OR MIGRAINE
SECONDARY HEADACHES ARE CAUSED BY KNOWN PATHOLOGIC CONDITIONS
TUMORS, MENINGITIS AND BRAIN INJURY ARE KNOWN PATHOLOGIC CONDITIONS THAT CAUSE SECONDARY HEADACHES
THE PAIN OF A HEADACHE IS CAUSED BY THE TRACTION AND STRETCHING MOVEMENT OF STRUCURES AND VASODILATION OF BLOOD VESSELS
DILATION CAUSES PAIN
WHICH TYPE OF HEADACHE IS DULL CONSTANT PAIN OVER NECK, SCALP & FACE TENSION
WHICH TYPE OF HEADACHE STARTS LOCAL THEN SPREADS CLUSTER
CLUSTER HEADACHES PRODUCE WHAT TYPE OF PAIN INTENSE, THROBBING PAIN
THE RESULT OF DECREASED CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW THAT PRECEDES VASODILATION OF A MIGRAIN IS REFERRED TO AS AURA
A MIGRAIN HEADACHE PROGRESSES SLOWLY
WHICH TYPE OF PRIMARY HEADACHE MAY BE INDUCED BY ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION CLUSTER
WHAT GENDER IS MORE AT RISK FOR CLUSTER HEADACHES MEN
WHAT GENDER IS MORE AT RISK FOR MIGRAINES WOMEN
WHEN DO MIGRAINES TYPICALLY BEGIN AND END IN LIFE BEGIN IN YOUNG ADULTHOOD, END IN MIDLIFE
SEROTONIN IS A POWERFUL VASODILATOR OR VASOCONSTRICTOR VASOCONSTRICTOR
WHICH CAUSES THE PAIN OF A HEADACHE, CONSTRICTION OR DILATION DILATION
WHICH TYPE OF HEADACHE IS ASSOCIATED WITH CONSTRICTION THEN DILATION AND THE RELEASE OF SEROTONIN CAUSING INFLAMMATION MIGRAINE
WHICH TYPE OF PRIMARY HEADACHE IS CONSIDERED TO BE HEREDITARY WITH NO KNOWN SPECIFIC LINK MIGRAINE
WHAT PART OF THE NURSES ROLE IS KEY TO TREATING PRIMARY HEADACHES HISTORY
SEVERE PAIN, TEARY EYES, NASAL STUFFINESS ARE SYMPTOMS OF WHAT KIND OF HEADACHE CLUSTER
WHICH TYPE OF HEADACHE STARTS LOCAL THEN SPREADS CLUSTER
WHICH TYPE OF HEADACHE IS WORSE ON ONE SIDE MIGRAINE
AN AURA IS DESCRIBED AS FLASHING LIGHTS OR PHOTOPHOBIA, CONFUSION AND SENSORY-MOTOR DYSFUNCTIONS
WHEN DOES AN AURA BEGIN 10-60 MINUTES BEFORE A MIGRAINE
THIS HEADACHE PROGRESSES SLOWLY MIGRAINE
SEVERE, INCREASING PAIN THAT IS WORSE ON ONE SIDE WITH N/V MIGRAINE
DULL CONSTANT PAIN TENSION
\ INTENSE, THROBBING PAIN THAT STARTS IN ONE ARE AND SPREADS CLUSTER
IS TREATMENT FOR A HEADACHE DETERMINED BY THE TYPE OF HEADACHE NO
IS THERE A DEFINITIVE TEST TO DIAGNOSE THE TYPE OF HEADACHE NO
WHAT MEDS ARE GIVEN FOR INITIAL TX OF PAIN D/T CLUSTER & MIGRAINE HEADACHES NSAIDS, ASPIRIN, TYLENOL
WHAT MEDS ARE GIVEN IF INITIAL TX DOES NOT RELIEVE PAIN NARCOTICS
ERGOT ALKALOIDS CAUSE VASOCONSTRICTION AND DECREASED PULSATION
ERGOT ALKALOIDS MAY BE PRESCRIBED FOR WHICH TYPES OF PRIMARY HEADACHES MIGRAINE AND/OR CLUSTER
WHAT SIDE EFFECT IS COMMON WITH ERGOT ALKALOIDS NAUSEA
TRIPTANS ENHANCE THE EFFECT OF SEROTONIN
WHEN SEROTONIN EFFECT IS ENHANCED ARE VESSELS CONSTRICTED OR DILATED CONSTRICTED
TRIPTANS ENHANCE THE EFFECT OF SEROTONIN AND BETA BLOCKERS INCREASE THE PRESENCE OF SEROTONIN
BETA BLOCKERS INCREASE THE PRESENCE OF SEROTONIN
BETA BLOCKERS INHIBIT VASODILATION
WHICH TYPE OF HEADACHE MAY BE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE HEAD AND EVEN EXTENT TO THE NECK AND SHOULDERS TENSION
CLUSTER HEADACHES ARE SIMILAR TO MIGRAINES EXCEPT THAT CLUSTER HEADACHES OCCUR IN BRIEF EPISODES
WHICH TYPE OF HEADACHE IS GENERALLY WORSE ON ONE SIDE MIGRAINE
WHICH TYPE(S) OF HEADACHE IS CAUSED BY INITIAL VASOCONSTRICTION FOLLOWED BY VASODILATION MIGRAINE AND CLUSTER
N/V IS USUALLY PRESENT WITH WHAT TYPE OF HEADACHE MIGRAINE
ERGOTAMINE TARTATE IS USED FOR RELIEF OF MODERATE TO SEVERE HEADACHES
ERGOTAMINE TARTATE IS TAKEN WHEN AT THE FIRST SIGN OF A HEADACHE
WHAT IS A COMMON SIDE EFFECT OF ERGOT ALKALOIDS NAUSEA
BECAUSE OF THE SIDE EFFECTS OF ERGOT ALKALOIDS HOW ARE THEY NORMALLY PRESCRIBED WITH AN ANTIEMETIC
WHAT DRUGS ARE RESERVED FOR MIGRAINE OR CLUSTER HEADACHES TRIPTANS
TRIPTANS CAUSE VASOCONSTRICTION BY ENHANCING THE EFFECTS OF SEROTONIN
WHICH CLASSIFICATION OF DRUG IS USED AS PROPHYLACTIC TREATMENT BETA BLOCKERS
BETA BLOCKERS WORK BY INHIBITING VASODILATION
TRIPTANS AND BETA BLOCKERS ARE DIFFERENT HOW BETA BLOCKERS ENHANCE THE PRESENCE OF SEROTONIN, TRIPTANS ENHANCE THE EFFECTS OF SEROTONIN
TREATMENT MODALITIES FOR HEADACHES ARE BROKE DOWN INTO TWO CATEGORIES SYMPTOMATIC RELIEF AND PREVENTATIVE MEASURES
WHAT MEDICATION IS RECOMMENDED BEFORE AIR TREAVEL TO REDUCE THE RISK OF CLUSTER HEADACHES ERGOTAMINE
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