Headaches

Abstract

Headache is generally accepted as one of the 10 most common causes for visits to a physician’s office. It can be the source of disability, lost time from work and school, as well as a significant expense item as a medical workup is initiated. The obstetrician-gynecologist as a primary care provider is faced with the task of differentiating common, benign conditions from more serious causes with appropriate therapy being a natural outgrowth of this initial determination. The majority of headaches are identified as either due to muscle contractions or migraine headaches with other etiologies being less common.