Showing posts with label headache. Show all posts
Showing posts with label headache. Show all posts

Thursday, February 26, 2015

Neurology List of Most Commons for Physician Assistant Students

Most Commons in Neurology
  • Tension Headache - most common type of headache
    • Episodic Tension-Type Headache - most common headache subtype (<15 days monthly)
  • Migraine - most common recurrent headache disorder
  • Medication Overuse Headache (Analgesic Rebound) - most common cause of migraine-like and “mixed” headaches that occur > 15 days per month
  • Epilepsy - most common in childhood due to perinatal injury, infection and genetic factors and old age due to stroke, tumors, or dementia
  • Seizures
    • Most common toxic causes of seizures: drugs, alcohol, and medications
    • Most common metabolic causes of seizures: hypocalcemia, hypoglycemia, hyponatremia, hypoxia