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Miscellaneous Functional Headaches

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This term has been used to describe a characteristic and consistent pain syndrome seen most commonly in middle-aged women. They complain of a constant deep aching or burning pain, usually of many years’ duration, involving the facial and jaw bones, but often extending to involve the neck, ear or throat. It is not lancinating as in neuralgia, and is poorly localised, not conforming to the strict anatomical distribution of any nerve in the head. In 11 of one series of 93 patients (Lascelles 1966) the pain was bilateral. Many patients complain of disturbances of oral sensation or taste, a dry mouth or denture intolerance, but the prevalence of dental malocclusion among them is no different from that in the general population. A diagnosis of atypical pain should only be made if pathology in the teeth, temporomandibular joints, naropharynx and sinuses can be excluded. This pain tends to be refractory to analgesics or dental and other operative treatment.

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    Richard Peatfield MA, MD, MRCP (Senior Registrar-Neurology)

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Peatfield, R. (1986). Miscellaneous Functional Headaches. In: Headache. Clinical Medicine and the Nervous System. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3127-4_5

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