Chronic daily headache (CDH): clinical features

Evidence-based neurology checklist on chronic daily headache (cdh): clinical features: Characteristics Headaches occurring for ≥15 days a month They recur for 3 consecutive months CDH with attack duration <4 hours CDH with attack duration ≥4 hours

Characteristics

  • Headaches occurring for ≥15 days a month
  • They recur for 3 consecutive months

CDH with attack duration <4 hours

CDH with attack duration ≥4 hours

References

  1. Bigal ME, Lipton RB. The differential diagnosis of chronic daily headaches: an algorithm-based approach. J Headache Pain 2007; 8:263-272.
  2. Halker RB, Hastriter EV, Dodick DW. Chronic daily headache: an evidence-based and systematic approach to a challenging problem. Neurology 2011; 76:S37-S42.

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