The Headache Handbook: Diagnosis and Treatment / Edition 1

by Gary W. Jay

Overview

The Headache Handbook: Diagnosis and Treatment helps both generalist and specialist clinicians, including family practitioners, chiropractors, and neurologists, to understand headache, possibly the most ubiquitous symptom in medicine. This comprehensive work covers the myriad of differences among headache patients and the need for accurate fact gathering and physical and neurological examinations. Topics include anatomy and physiology of headache; evaluation and treatment of various headache types; interventional procedures; and manual medicine consultations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781574442212
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/25/1998
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Introduction. Anatomy and Physiology of Headache. General Thoughts on the Mechanisms of Headache. Migraine Headache. Migraine Headache. Cluster Headache. Tension-Type Headache: Clinical and Pathophysiological Aspects. Evaluation and Treatment of Tension-Type Headache. Combination Headache. Psychological Aspects of Headache. Post-Traumatic Headache. Orofacial Pain. Organic Causes of Headache. The Interdisciplinary Treatment of Headache. Nerve Blocks and Other Interventional Procedures. "Cervicogenic Headache," an Introduction, and Manual Medicine.
Afterward. References.

Editorial Reviews

A guide for both general clinicians and specialists such as family practitioners, neurologists, and chiropractors to understanding perhaps the most ubiquitous symptom in medicine. Emphasizes the myriad of differences among headache patients and the need for accurate fact gathering and physical and neurological examinations. Discusses anatomy and physiology, evaluation and treatment of various types of headaches, intervention procedures, and manual medicine. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Booknews