Comorbid Conditions in the Treatment of Headache

This book is a practical reference and educational tool that teaches headache specialists and neurologists about the comorbid illnesses they will encounter in their patients.

Headache Medicine is increasingly recognized as a dedicated specialty with an emerging cohort of physicians focused on treating these patients. Given the high prevalence of headache globally, patients often have comorbid conditions, which affect treatment decisions and outcomes in innumerable ways. This easy-to-use reference of comorbid conditions facilitates an understanding of the complete patient with a headache. Each chapter discusses the longitudinal illnesses organized by body system, in addition to chapters on general internal medicine and the treatment of special populations. Headache clinicians will benefit from building knowledge of general internal medicine topics as an overlay to their headache practice.

This reference book on comorbid conditions supports a holistic approach to the patient with a headache. In addition to headache specialists, it will benefit a wide range of health-care providers, including neurologists, primary care physicians, pediatricians, obstetricians, and gynecologists.

1              Introduction

Leon S. Moskatel, Robert P. Cowan

2              Primary Headache Disorders

Kendra Pham, Laura J Silla

3              Approach to Secondary Headaches

Marianna Vinokur, Fred Cohen

4              Allergy/Immunology Comorbidities in the Treatment of Headache

Jessica Galant-Swafford, Melissa Dang

5              Headache and the Cardiovascular Patient

Katelyn Seward, Khadijah Hussain, Bruce J. Kimura

6              Headache and dermatologic conditions

Twan Sia, Anne Lynn S. Chang

7              Endocrine Causes of Headache

Susan M. Seav, Marina Basina

8              Gastrointestinal Symptoms and Comorbid Conditions in Migraine

Brandon K. Chu, Elisa Karhu, B. U. K. Li, Irene Sonu

9              General Internal Medicine for the Headache Specialist

Sloane Heller

10           Hematologic/Oncologic Causes of Headache

Diana V. Maslov, Shanley Banaag, Charisma Mylavarapu, Quinne Sember, John Garrett, Carrie Costantini

11           Infectious Diseases for the Headache Practitioner

Rebecca Linfield, Elizabeth Thottacherry

12           Nephrology Comorbidities in the Treatment of Headache

Nivetha Subramanian, Shuchi Anand

13           Neurologic comorbidities in patients with Headache disorders 

Liza Smirnoff, Jocelin Jiao, Lisa Surowiec, Yensea Encarnacion, Nina Massad, Leticia Tornes

14          Headache and Pulmonary Disease

Rahul Gomez, Neha Bijjala, Pamela Resnikoff

15           Psychiatric Comorbidities in the Treatment of Headache

Sarah Erdelyan, Liza Smirnoff

16           Comorbid Rheumatic Conditions in the Treatment of Headache

Hailey Baker, Joshua Bilsborrow

17           Headache and Women’s Health

Beverly Tse, Alexandra Loza, Stephanie Bakaysa, Amy Johnson, Andrea Shields

18           Perioperative Management of Migraine

Vamsi Aribindi, Shanthi Aribindi

19           Special Considerations for Headache Diagnosis and Treatment in the Geriatric Patient

Angela Primbas