title: Headache.
abstract: This article examines the different types of headache that patients may experience, distinguishing between common types of headache and those that are life-threatening.
authors.affiliation: The Royal Liverpool University Hospital. welchellen@yahoo.co.uk
authors.forename: Ellen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Welch
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D002249:Carbon Monoxide Poisoning / Q000150:complications; D015984:Causality; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000150:complications; D006261:Headache / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006634:Histamine H1 Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008487:Medical History Taking / Q000379:methods; D008581:Meningitis / Q000150:complications; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000379:methods; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics; D000927:Anticonvulsants; D000928:Antidepressive Agents; D006634:Histamine H1 Antagonists; D012702:Serotonin Antagonists