title: Head and neck pain in the elderly.
abstract: Pain in the head and neck region is a common symptom in elderly people, with degenerative disease and neoplasms being the most frequent causes. Pain of neuralgic, orbital and vascular origin requires a multidisciplinary approach. Adequate suppression of pain by appropriate medical or surgical methods is of paramount importance to the patient's well-being even when the underlying disease cannot be cured.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000175:diagnosis; D006257:Head; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D006562:Herpes Zoster / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D009333:Neck; D009437:Neuralgia / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014076:Tooth Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis