Trigeminal autonomic cephalalgia

Trigeminal autonomic cephalalgia (TAC) is the name for a type of primary headache that occurs with pain on one side of the head in the trigeminal nerve area and symptoms in autonomic systems on the same side, such as eye watering and redness or drooping eyelids.[1] TACs include

TACs can be differentiated by the length and frequency of recurrence of the headaches.[2]

Treatment for TACs varies depending on the exact type, but can include medication such as Indomethacin (in the case of chronic paroxysmal hemicrania) or acute and prophylactic therapy (in the case of cluster headache).[3]

References

  1. "Kaplan Headache Center". http://www.kaplanheadachecenter.com. Retrieved 23 September 2014. External link in |website= (help)
  2. Goadsby, P J (2005). "Trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias: fancy term or constructive change to the IHS classification?". Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, & Psychiatry 76 (3).
  3. Graff-Radford, Steven. "Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalalgias". http://www.americanheadachesociety.org/assets/1/7/Trigeminal_Autonomic_Cephalalgias.pdf (slides). line feed character in |title= at position 22 (help); External link in |website= (help);
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