HISTAMINIC CEPHALALGIA AND MIGRAINE
Authors: Louis E. Lieder
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1944)

Article1 May 1944HISTAMINIC CEPHALALGIA AND MIGRAINELouis E. LIEDERLouis E. LIEDERSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-20-5-752 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptHeadache is a common symptom in all branches of medicine. Spriggs1 studied the records of 4,796 consecutive patients and found that 500 (10 per cent) complained of headache as a major symptom. Despite this frequency in incidence, little is done in the way of specific treatment for these patients. Before adequate therapy can be instituted, it is essential that proper classification of the type of headache be made and that organic lesions, if present, be discovered.It is the purpose of this paper to limit my discussion of headache to that of histaminic cephalalgia and migraine, and to point out...Bibliography1. SPRIGGS E: Clinical study of headache (Croonian Lecture), Lancet, 1935, ii, 1. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. HORTONMACLEANMCK. CRAIG BTARW: New syndrome of vascular headache treated with histamine, Proc. Staff Meet. Mayo Clin., 1939, xiv, 257-260. Google Scholar3. HORTON BT: Use of histamine in specific types of headache, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1941, cxvi, 377-383. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. YATER WM: Vascular headache successfully treated with histamine, Med. Ann. District of Columbia, 1940, ix, 165-166. Google Scholar5. THOMASJOHNSTON JWCR: Headaches of allergic origin, Med. Clin. N. Am., 1940, xxiv, 285-299. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. GOLTMAN AM: The mechanism of migraine, Jr. Allergy, 1936, vii, 351-355. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. VAUGHAN WT: Allergic headache, South. Med. Jr., 1935, xxviii, 267. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. VAUGHAN WT: An analysis of the allergic factor in recurrent paroxysmal headaches, Jr. Allergy, 1935, vi, 365. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. UNGER L: Reproduction of migraine by injections of specific allergens, Mississippi Valley Med. Jr., 1941, lxiii, 175-178. Google Scholar10. RILEY HA: Migraine in children and the mechanism of the attack, Bull. Neurol. Inst. New York, 1937, vi, 387-402. Google Scholar11. TUFT L: Clinical allergy, 1938, W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, p. 423. Google Scholar12. HARTSOCKMCGURL CLFJ: Allergy as a factor in headache, Med. Clin. N. Am., 1938, xxii, 325-331. CrossrefGoogle Scholar13. SCHUMACHERWOLFF GAHG: Experimental studies on headache, Arch. Neurol. and Psychiat., 1941, xlv, 199-214. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14. ALVAREZ WC: Migraine, Wisconsin Med. Jr., 1939, xxxviii, 451-456. Google Scholar15. COCA AF: Familial non-reaginic food allergy; its specific diagnosis and treatment, Jr. Lab. and Clin. Med., 1941, xxvi, 1878-1891. Google Scholar16. PELNERAIBEL LME: Treatment of severe periodic headaches with "desensitizing" doses of prostigmine, Jr. Lab. and Clin. Med., 1942, xxvii, 1546. Google Scholar17. ALVAREZ WC: A new treatment for migraine, Proc. Staff Meet. Mayo Clin., 1939, xiv, 173-174. Google Scholar18. KOFFLER A: A convenient method for administering concentrated oxygen in the treatment of migraine, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1940, cxiv, 1744. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Read at Regional Meeting of the American College of Physicians, Washington, D. C., April 24, 1943. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byA retrospective study of patients with cluster headachesCHAPTER IV: SUMMARYHistaminic cephalalgia and its consideration in the diagnosis of facial painTreatment of Migraine 1 May 1944Volume 20, Issue 5Page: 752-759KeywordsHeadachesLesionsMigrainePatients ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 May 1944 PDF downloadLoading ...