title: [Epidemiology, pathophysiology, and symptoms of headaches].
abstract: According to representative analyses about 71% of people in Germany suffer from headaches at least occasionally during their life. There are about 9 million people suffering from migraine and about 29 million people who have tension-type headache. These data underline the great socio-economic importance of these types of headaches. In principle the primary headache disorders migraine (with and without aura) as well as the episodic tension-type headache are indications for self-medication. In order to professionally guide these patients, the pharmacist requires a profound knowledge about the different types of headaches and their origin.
authors.forename: Burkhard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hinz
mesh_terms: D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006261:Headache / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D010595:Pharmacists; D012651:Self Medication