Why Headache?
Headache disorders are the most prevalent of the neurological
conditions and among the most frequent of medical complaints
seen in general practice. They take many forms, including
migraine, tension-type headache, trigemino-autonomic cephalalgia
(cluster headache), primary stabbing headache, primary sex
headache, or rarer conditions such as trigeminal neuralgia or
persistent idiopathic facial pain. Half of the general
population experience headache during any given year, and more
than 90% report a lifetime history of head pain. The most
severely disabled 3% experience a headache such as chronic
migraine and chronic tension-type headache at least 15 days per
month. Headache disorders contribute to a considerable loss of
work time and productivity.
If you would like to volunteer to translate Global Year
materials or if you are organizing an event focused on Headache
and would like to include it on our website, please contact
IASPdesk@iasp-pain.org.
Acknowledgements
Many thanks to the Global Year Against Headache Task Force
co-chairs, Peter Goadsby (USA), Arne May (Germany), and Jean
Schoenen (Belgium).
IASP would also like to thank the following authors for their
work on the fact sheets:
IASP members Messoud Ashina (Denmark), Stefan Evers
(Germany), and Till Sprenger (Switzerland); and IHS members
Gregor Brössner (Austria), Charly Gaul (Germany), Tim Jürgens
(Germany), Zaza Katsarava (Germany), Anne MacGregor (UK),
Delphine Magis (Belgium), and Arn van den Maagdenberg
(Netherlands).
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