The lecture focuses on headaches, their classification, diagnosis, and treatment. It distinguishes between primary and secondary headaches, emphasizing their high prevalence in the general population and their importance in clinical practice. Special attention is given to “red flag” symptoms that may indicate serious secondary causes, as well as to a structured approach to patient history and evaluation of headache characteristics.
The lecture further describes the most common primary headache disorders, particularly migraine, tension-type headache, and cluster headache, including their pathophysiology, clinical features, and therapeutic options. It also covers less common conditions such as trigeminal neuralgia and temporal arteritis, highlighting the importance of accurate differential diagnosis and an individualized approach to patient management.
| Attachment | Date | Size | Availability [?] | Clinically sensitive [?] | Licence | |
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| Headache | 21.4.2026 | 4.67 MB | faculty member | – |  |
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Keywords: Headache, migraine, tension-type headache, cluster headache, trigeminal neuralgia
citation: Milan Maretta: Headaches - classification. Multimedia support in the education of clinical and health care disciplines :: Portal of Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice Faculty of Medicine [online] , [cit. 22. 04. 2026]. Available from WWW: https://portal.lf.upjs.sk/articles.php?aid=680. ISSN 1337-7000.