This post continues our conversation about headaches in the correctional environment with a discussion of Secondary Headaches. Remember secondary headaches are caused by another disorder. Secondary Headache Subdural hematoma A subdural hematoma can be chronic or acute. A chronic hematoma may be present and may get significantly large before the patient begins to have head pain. Acute subdural hematoma is…
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Correctional Nurse Clinical Update: Headache II
In this post, we continue our discussion of primary headaches that Correctional Nurses may encounter in the correctional environment. Migraine Headache Migraine is one of the two most common causes of episodic and recurrent moderate to severe headache. It is a primary headache disorder whose symptoms typically last 4 to 72 hours. Migraine headache is considered a neurovascular pain syndrome….
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Correctional Nurse Clinical Update: Headache I
Headache is a pain in any part of the head, including the face, scalp, and interior of the head. The pain is due to activation of the pain-sensitive structures around the brain, skull, face, teeth, or sinuses. It is the one of the most common types of pain seen in the correctional environment. Conditions like migraine and chronic headaches are…
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