title: Chronic daily headache.
abstract: Chronic daily headache (CDH) is a challenging condition to treat. CDH is often accompanied by significant comorbidities, such as chronic fatigue, depression, anxiety, and insomnia, which further complicate treatment. Unrealistic expectations of treatment goals can lead to patient frustration, and, as a result, decrease treatment adherence. Patients often desire headache-free status, but this outcome is not realistic for many patients with CDH. By contrast, an effective treatment goal starts with establishing the correct diagnosis and creating a multimodal treatment plan to improve function and well-being. With proper comprehensive treatment, the condition improves in most patients.
authors.affiliation: Headache Clinic, Department of Neurology, University of Washington, 1959 Northeast Pacific Street, Seattle, WA, USA. Electronic address: nataliam@u.washington.edu.
authors.forename: Natalia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Murinova
authors.affiliation: Chronic Fatigue Clinic UW, Department of Psychiatry, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington, 1959 Northeast Pacific Street, Seattle, WA, USA.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Krashin
mesh_terms: D020773:Headache Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D059408:Pain Management; D010147:Pain Measurement; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012307:Risk Factors
keywords: Chronic daily headache; Chronic migraine; Chronic posttraumatic headache; Chronic tension-type headache; Medication overuse headache