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| Year : 2012 | Volume
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| Issue : 5 | Page : 62-65 |
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New daily persistent headache
Alok Tyagi
West of Scotland Regional Headache Service, Department of Neurology, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Correspondence Address:
Alok Tyagi
Consultant Neurologist, Southern General Hospital, 1345 Govan Road, Glasgow G51 4TF
United Kingdom
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DOI: 10.4103/0972-2327.100011
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New daily persistent headache (NDPH) is a chronic headache developing in a person who does not have a past history of headaches. The headache begins acutely and reaches its peak within 3 days. It is important to exclude secondary causes, particularly headaches due to alterations in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pressure and volume. A significant proportion of NDPH sufferers may have intractable headaches that are refractory to treatment. The condition is best viewed as a syndrome rather than a diagnosis. The headache can mimic chronic migraine and chronic tension-type headache, and it is also important to exclude secondary causes, particularly headaches due to alterations in CSF pressure and volume. A large proportion of NDPH sufferers have migrainous features to their headache and should be managed with treatments used for treating migraine. A small group of NDPH sufferers may have intractable headaches that are refractory to treatment. |
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