Diagnostics · Classification
Primary and secondary headache.
About 90 % of all headaches are primary — they do not have another illness as their cause; no correlate can be found in CT or MRI scans. Secondary headache, on the other hand, is based on an underlying condition, such as inflammation, a tumour, or a temporomandibular joint disorder.
Therefore, before any therapy, a clear classification is required — primary or secondary — and, if desired, a medical second opinion on existing reports.
Trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias
A family of their own — with their own logic.
Trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias include, among others, Cluster headache and the rare SUNCT syndrome — unilateral, attack-like, in the supply area of the trigeminal nerve. The Trigeminal neuralgia shows a similar distribution pattern, but according to ICHD-3 it is considered an independent diagnosis in the chapter on painful cranial nerve lesions and other facial pains — separated from both trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias and painful trigeminal neuropathy.
Based on our specialisation in this group, we also treat related, very rare forms.