ReviewJournal of clinical and translational research2016
Primary headache syndromes in the elderly: epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment.
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- Associations Between the Presence of Primary Headaches and Quality of Life in University Students.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
- Headache in the elderly: a retrospective study in a tertiary headache center.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2025Article
- Hallmarks of primary headache: part 4 - rare headache syndromes.The journal of headache and pain · 2025Review
- Characteristics and comorbidities of headache in patients over 50 years of age: a cross-sectional study.BMC geriatrics · 2022Article
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Abstract
Although secondary headaches due to e.g. temporal arteritis or a brain tumor are common among the elderly, primary headache disorders also occur in this age group, albeit less frequently than in younger individuals. A different presentation in the older age groups often makes a diagnosis difficult. Some headache syndromes, such as hypnic headache, are typical for the elderly. Furthermore, age-related physiologic changes, co-morbidities and contra indications require appropriate and targeted treatment in the elderly. Although treatments for the most common primary headaches are available, many limitations hamper their use in this group. For many headaches syndromes randomized controlled treatment trials in elderly are not available. In this article we review the clinical aspects of common primary headaches and medication overuse headache in the elderly and their treatments, with emphasis on age-specific problems.
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