Profile of patients with headache : single centre experience in Basrah

Abstract EN

5bi6 u> a cxoas sectional study, caxxied out to study the profile of patients with headache, 300 patient* attending the out-patient clinic in sC-Saddex fj caching Mospital in Sktsnah fax the period 7* January-Si"1 ^December 2003, were interviewed

3'rimaxy headache pound in 41J3 % (tension type headache 25.7 % and migraine 15.7 % of, the.

total) with a highex rate among females.

5anion type headache was highex among age gxoup 20-39 gears and increasing with educational stale, common among professional and administxatwe occupations, with highex votes among females.

Migraine was highex among young mate and oldex females and thexe was an imtexse relationship with education and was highex among unskilled woxhexs.

Nearly % of primary headache patients wexe using medication with a highex rate among migxaine patients.

Secondaxy headache contxUkded to 58.7° / 0 (mainly, due to hypertension, feBxile illness and 4 cases wexe.

due to (main tumox).

She study recommended careful histoxy and physical examination fox estaBlishing the diagnosis, Sto prescribe appropriate txeatmenL Cxanial 6S scan and M313 may Be needed fox assuxance of the patient of the a & sence of stxuctuxal internal cxanial lesion.