Chronic daily headache (CDH): causes
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Chronic daily headache (CDH): causes. Chronic migraine, Chronic tension type headache (TTH). Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Primary causes
- Chronic migraine
- Chronic tension type headache (TTH)
- New persistent daily headache (NPDH)
- Hemicrania continua (HC)
- Chronic cluster
- Hypoxic headache
- Chronic paroxysmal hemicranias
- SUNCT
Secondary causes
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Associations
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References
- Bigal ME, Lipton RB. The differential diagnosis of chronic daily headaches: an algorithm-based approach. J Headache Pain 2007; 8:263-272.
- Halker RB, Hastriter EV, Dodick DW. Chronic daily headache: an evidence-based and systematic approach to a challenging problem. Neurology 2011; 76:S37-S42.
- Singh RK, Kaushik RM, Goel D, Kaushik R. Association between iron deficiency anemia and chronic daily headache: A case-control study. Cephalalgia 2023; 43:3331024221143540.
