Chronic post-traumatic headache. Clinical characteristics and principles of treatment
The study was aimed to investigate the clinical variants of chronic posttraumatic headache and to develop treatment guidelines as well. The sample included 147 patients, 95 male (64,63%) and 52 female (35.37%). The clinical signs of headache, the brain bioelectric activity and cerebral hemodynamics were analyzed. The autonomic innervation, anxiety and depressive disorders were evaluated. Psycho-vegetative syndrome mostly prevailed, while vascular, encephalopathy and epileptic syndromes were noted less frequently. The post-traumatic headache genesis was associated with primary brain damage and secondary neurofunctional, hemodynamic and vegetovascular disorders. Treatment course included traditional and alternative methods, such as acupuncture and ozonization.