Nurs 5462 Headache Q&A Latest Update

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Nurs 5462 Headache | Q&A Latest 2025/2026 | 100% PASS • Primary headache - Answer -common and is not a symptom of another medical condition • Migraine • Tension-type • Cluster Secondary Headache - Answer -specific etiologies-and sx depend on these pathologies Gender differences - Answer -migraine/tension/Giant Cell Arteritismore common in women. Cluster more common in men Onset over 50 - Answer -or worsening headache check for underlying neurological disease, 17% of older adults report frequent headche Headache Needing Investigation - Answer -• Sudden onset of new, severe headache • Progressively getting worse • After exertion, straining, coughing, or sex-suggests inc ICP-needs CT • With associated symptoms - "worst headache I have ever had" • First headache occurring after the age of 50 years Cortical Spreading Depression - Answer -• Basis of the migraine aura • Cortical neuronal activity followed by a postictal depression of neuronal firing • CSD can trigger meningeal pain mechanisms via neurogenic inflammation, vasodilation and plasma extravasation • Blood barrier is activated—which may explain some of the pain • Glutamatergic synapses in the cortex are activated Brain Stem Generator - Answer -• Meningeal pain mechanisms are activated through the trigeminovascular pathways • This causes release