Daily Headaches

In the simplest terms, chronic daily headaches (CDH) are events that may occur 15 or more days a month. However that is about where the simplicity ends.

Constant and Chronic Headaches

Primary CDH: not attributable to an underlying disorder

• Shorter than four hours duration
  • Chronic Cluster Headache
  • Chronic Paroxysmal Hemicrania
• Longer than four hours duration
  • Chronic Tension Type Headache
  • Chronic Migraine (sometimes called Transformed Migraine)
  • New daily Persistent Headache
  • Hemicrania Continua

Secondary CDH: attributable to an underlying disorder

• Post-Traumatic Headache
• Attributable to Cervical Spine Disorders
• Associated with vascular disorders such as arteriovenous malformation, arteritis, subdural hematoma
• Associated with nonvascular intercranial disorders such as intracranial hypertension, infection, or neoplasm

It has been found that rebound headaches, (commonly called medication overuse headaches), often contribute to the evolution of a Daily Migraine syndrome or constant chronic daily pain.

Interestingly, studies have shown that medication overuse is less common amongst patients who are treated by headache and migraine specialists, and or participate in the Beyond Headaches Lifestyle. You're not alone. Studies of the populations of the U.S. and Europe have shown that 4-5% of the population have these types of headaches.

That is amazing, when one considers the ripple effect of 5% of the population being hammered by this blight, and how those people interact with their family and co-workers.

One begins to understand the importance and the enormity of Chronic Tension Headache and the different types of headaches. The number of headache-related consultations has doubled in recent years, and the number continues to increase. Although most headaches are episodic, an estimated 4 to 5 percent of adults have constant chronic daily headaches (CDH).

Patients with CDH have a poorer quality of life than patients with episodic migraine headaches.

Consider This

The individual with Chronic Daily Headaches (which means 15 days per month or more) is more severely debilitated than the individual with episodic migraines.

Determining if You Need A Headache Specialist

Regardless of the original headache syndrome, overuse of medication occurs in approximately one third or more of patients who develop daily headaches.

Drug rebound headache, has been described as an "unrecognized epidemic." One of the primary purposes of the Beyond Headaches System and Tour is to illuminate and then resolve this epidemic.

Read More About Different Types of Headaches Here

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