Neurology · Advanced

Patient with headache

Learn to quickly distinguish a primary headache from a dangerous secondary one and to build therapy that genuinely improves the patient's quality of life.

18academic hours

Advancedlevel

Distance learningmode of study

Course curriculum

Primary headache. Tension-type headache
Definition of headache (Background of the issue)
International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD, primary headache, secondary headache, visual analog pain scale)
Tension-type headache (Episodic TTH, chronic TTH, pathogenesis, diagnosis, neurological examination, factors provoking TTH, misdiagnoses, treatment, prophylaxis in chronic TTH)
Primary headache. Migraine. Part 1
Pathogenesis of migraine
Clinical presentation of migraine (migraine triggers, classification)
Aura (Types of aura, visual aura, criteria for migraine aura)
Migraine Part 2
Red flags in migraine (Systemic symptoms, neurological symptoms)
Examination in migraine (Examination in the presence of «Red flags», acute attack treatment, preventive migraine therapy, Anti-CGRP, botulinum toxin therapy)
Trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias
Cluster headache (Chronic cluster, treatment)
Paroxysmal hemicrania (diagnostic criteria, indomethacin test)
Hemicrania continua (Diagnostic criteria, SUNCT/SUNA, treatment)
Differential diagnosis (Carotid artery dissection, glaucoma, temporal arteritis)
Other primary headache types (persistent idiopathic facial pain, hypnic headache, nummular headache)
Secondary headache
Secondary headache (Red flags)
Subarachnoid hemorrhage (Criteria, subarachnoid hemorrhage on CT)
Meningitis (Diagnostics)
Brain mass lesion (Diagnosis)
Vascular dissection (Cerebral artery dissection, diagnosis)
Giant cell arteritis (Diagnostics)
Headache in clinical cases. Summary and recommendations

A patient with a headache is one of the most common and at the same time alarming reasons for consultation: a serious pathology may hide behind an ordinary migraine. The course provides a structure for differential diagnosis and the «red flags» that must not be missed.

You will more confidently select abortive and preventive therapy and build a productive dialogue with the patient, reducing chronification of pain and the number of repeat visits.

Vershinina Svetlana Mikhailovna

Neurologist

Vershinina Svetlana Mikhailovna is a neurologist with twelve years of experience who additionally specializes in ultrasound diagnostics of the cerebral vessels. Many years of teaching experience at a medical college make her presentation of clinical material structured and education-oriented.

Neurologist; 12 years of work experience. Since 2017 — lecturer in clinical disciplines at the Kaluga Basic Medical College (SAPEI).

Education

2010 — Astrakhan State Medical University, specialty "General Medicine"
2011 — Astrakhan State Medical University, specialty "Neurology"

Continuing education

2020 — continuing education in ultrasound diagnostics of cerebral vessels

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