Efficacy of Local Lidocaine Application on Anxiety and Depression and Its Curative Effect on Patients with Chronic Tension-Type Headache

2013 ◽  
Vol 70 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 95-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ömer Karadaş ◽  
Levent E. Inan ◽  
Ümit H. Ulaş ◽  
Zeki Odabaşi
Keyword(s):  
Tension Type Headache ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Curative Effect ◽  
Chronic Tension Type Headache ◽  
Type Headache

scholarly journals Comparative analysis of cognitive functions in patients with episodic and chronic tension-type headache combined with psychovegetative syndrome and cerebrovascular disorders

2008 ◽  
Vol 7 (5-1) ◽  
pp. 128-131
Author(s):  
Ye. A. Yegorova ◽  
V. N. Grigoriyeva
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Functions ◽  
Cerebrovascular Disorders ◽  
Tension Headache ◽  
Tension Type Headache ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Attention Switching ◽  
Chronic Tension Type Headache ◽  
Memory And Attention ◽  
Type Headache ◽  
With Memory

The purpose of the study was to compare cognitive functions in patients with episodic tension-type headache (EpTTH) and chronic tension-type headache (ChTTH).EpTTH was diagnosed in 34 patients in which it combined with psychovegetative syndrome in 17 persons and with cerebrovascular disorders in 28 persons. ChTTH was diagnosed in 57patients; it was associated with psychovegetative syndrome in 17 of them and with cerebrovascular disorders in 40 of them.Difference between EpTTH and ChTTH patients was revealed only for the patients with psychovegetative syndrome. Such difference was slight and refered the tests for attention switching.. Patients with cerebrovascular disorders demonstrated worse modally non-specific problems with memory and attention and higher anxiety and depression levels that patients with psychovegetative syndrome.Results suggest the different mechanisms of tension headache prolongation in the patients with psychovegetative syndrome and cerebrovascular disorders. The chronic tension headache itself doesn’t worse the cognitive functions while general causes exist which influence neuropsychological decline as well as tension headache stability.

Exteroceptive Suppression of Temporalis Muscle Activity: Findings in Headache

Cephalalgia ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas-Martin Wallasch ◽  
Hartmut Göbel
Keyword(s):  
Muscle Activity ◽  
Silent Period ◽  
Tension Type Headache ◽  
Temporalis Muscle ◽  
Pharmacological Agents ◽  
Chronic Tension Type Headache ◽  
Exteroceptive Suppression ◽  
Headache Diagnosis ◽  
Secondary Phenomenon ◽  
Type Headache

Exteroceptive suppression of temporalis muscle activity was proposed by Schoenen and co-workers in 1987 as a tool in headache diagnosis and research. Their finding of a decreased or abolished second silent period (ES2) in chronic tension-type headache sufferers has been confirmed by several independent laboratories during the last five years. Temporalis silent periods have also been studied in various other types of headaches. Their modulation by neuropsychological factors and pharmacological agents has also been investigated as well as their retest reliability. The pathophysiological concept of muscle contraction in tension-type headache has been challenged by studies using temporalis silent periods. The exterocepfive suppression of temporalis muscle activity points unequivocally towards a central pathogenetic mechanism, although it remains unclear whether the abnormalities of temporalis ES2 represent the primary dysfunction or a secondary phenomenon in chronic tension-type headache.

Personality Traits in Childhood and Adolescent Headache

Cephalalgia ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
G Lanzi ◽  
CA Zambrino ◽  
O Ferrari-Ginevra ◽  
C Termine ◽  
S D'Arrigo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Study ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Test Anxiety ◽  
Migraine Without Aura ◽  
Tension Type Headache ◽  
Personality Characteristics ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Sociodemographic Data ◽  
Type Headache ◽  
Adolescent Headache

We evaluate personality traits, anxiety and depression in a population of paediatric and adolescent patients, correlating personality characteristics with headache and sociodemographic variables. The clinical features of headache include specific personality traits. We report a clinical study of 57 patients (age 8–18 years), divided up as follows: 12 migraine with aura, 29 migraine without aura and 16 tension-type headache. One of Cattel's tests was administered to every patient; the Children's Depression Inventory test was administered to 53 patients and the Test Anxiety Inventory test to 43 subjects. The scores obtained by every patient in each test were correlated with the characteristics of headache and with sociodemographic data. We found that patients affected by idiopathic headache share some personality traits, mainly emotional rigidity and tendency to repress anger and aggression. These traits do not seem to be correlated with sociodemographic data and the duration of headache: we considered these as characteristic of migrainous patients.

The Local and Referred Pain From Myofascial Trigger Points in the Temporalis Muscle Contributes to Pain Profile in Chronic Tension-type Headache

2007 ◽  
Vol 23 (9) ◽  
pp. 786-792 ◽  
Author(s):  
César Fernández-de-las-Peñas ◽  
Hong-You Ge ◽  
Lars Arendt-Nielsen ◽  
Maria Luz Cuadrado ◽  
Juan A. Pareja
Keyword(s):  
Trigger Points ◽  
Tension Type Headache ◽  
Referred Pain ◽  
Temporalis Muscle ◽  
Myofascial Trigger Points ◽  
Chronic Tension Type Headache ◽  
Type Headache

scholarly journals Variables associated with sleep quality in chronic tension-type headache: A cross-sectional and longitudinal design

PLoS ONE ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. e0197381 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Benito-González ◽  
Maria Palacios-Ceña ◽  
Juan J. Fernández-Muñoz ◽  
Matteo Castaldo ◽  
Kelun Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Longitudinal Design ◽  
Tension Type Headache ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Chronic Tension Type Headache ◽  
Type Headache

scholarly journals Negative Emotions in Migraineurs Dreams: The Increased Prevalence of Oneiric Fear and Anguish, Unrelated to Mood Disorders

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. De Angeli ◽  
C. Lovati ◽  
L. Giani ◽  
C. Mariotti D'Alessandro ◽  
E. Raimondi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Motor Skills ◽  
De Novo ◽  
Tension Type Headache ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Generalized Anxiety ◽  
Migraine Pain ◽  
Patient Health ◽  
Type Headache ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Negative Connotation

Background. Migraineurs brain has shown some functional peculiarities that reflect not only in phonophobia, and photophobia, but also in mood and sleep. Dreaming is a universal mental state characterized by hallucinatory features in which imagery, emotion, motor skills, and memory are created de novo. We evaluated dream contents and associated emotions in migraineurs.Materials and Methods. 412 subjects: 219 controls; and 148 migraineurs (66 with aura, MA; 82 without aura, MO), and 45 tension type headache patients (TTH). A semistructured retrospective self-reported questionnaire was used to evaluate dreams. The Generalized Anxiety Disorder Questionnaire (GAD-7), and the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) were administered to evaluate anxiety and depression.Results. Migraineurs showed increased levels of anxiety (P=0.0002for MA versus controls,P=0.004for MO versus controls). Fear and anguish during dreaming were more frequently reported by migraine patients compared to controls, independently by anxiety and depression scores.Discussion. The brain of migraineurs seems to dream with some peculiar features, all with a negative connotation, as fear and anguish. It may be due to the recorded negative sensations induced by recurrent migraine pain, but it may just reflect a peculiar attitude of the mesolimbic structures of migraineurs brain, activated in both dreaming and migraine attacks.

Chronic Tension-Type Headache in Children and Adolescents

Cephalalgia ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 21 (8) ◽  
pp. 830-836 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ishaq Abu-Arafeh
Keyword(s):  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Clinical Features ◽  
Chronic Daily Headache ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
Tension Type Headache ◽  
Stressful Events ◽  
Chronic Tension Type Headache ◽  
Daily Headache ◽  
Ihs Criteria ◽  
Type Headache

In this study, the causes, predisposing factors and clinical features of chronic daily headache in children and adolescents were studied within the population of patients attending a specialist headache. The International Headache Society's (IHS) criteria for the diagnosis of chronic tension type headache (CTTH) were assessed for their applicability in the paediatric age group. Over a period of three years, demographic and clinical data were collected prospectively on all children who attended the clinic and suffered from daily attacks of headache. One hundred and fifteen children and adolescents (32% of all clinic population) had chronic daily headache, of whom 93 patients (81%) fulfilled the IHS criteria for the diagnosis of CTTH. They were between 3-15 years of age (mean: 11.1, SD: 2.3) and their female to male ratio was 1.2: 1. Around one third of the patients also suffered from migraine (mainly migraine without aura). The headache was described as mild in 60.9%, moderate 36.5% and severe 2.6%. Headache was located at the forehead in 53% or over the whole of the head in 29.6%. Pain was described as ‘just sore’ or dull by 73.9%. During attacks of headache, at least half the patients reported light intolerance, noise intolerance, anorexia or nausea. Thirty-two percent of patients had at least one underlying chronic disease that may have contributed to the pathogenesis of the CTTH. Eleven percent had serious stressful events related to family illnesses and in four patients headaches were triggered by family bereavement. Fourteen percent were investigated with neuroimaging and 22% were referred for clinical psychology assessment and management. In conclusion, CTTH is a common cause of headache in children attending a specialist headache clinic. The clinical features closely match those of adult population and the IHS criteria for the diagnosis of CTTH can be adapted for use in children. Predisposing stressful risk factors, physical or emotional, are present in a large proportion.

Chronic Tension-Type Headache

CNS Drugs ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 90-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro S. Zagami
Keyword(s):  
Tension Type Headache ◽  
Chronic Tension Type Headache ◽  
Type Headache
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