Table 2 Clinical criteria of headache in IIH patients
From: Cognitive assessment of idiopathic intracranial hypertension patients
Criteria | Number | Percentage (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
Character | Compressing | 12 | 60% |
Throbbing | 4 | 20% | |
Dull aching | 3 | 15% | |
Stabbing | 1 | 5% | |
Site | Frontal | 9 | 45% |
Bitemporal | 7 | 35% | |
Global | 2 | 10% | |
Ocular | 1 | 5% | |
Unilateral | 1 | 5% | |
Referral | Diffuse | 9 | 45% |
No referral | 7 | 35% | |
Bitemporal | 4 | 20% | |
Severity | Mild to moderate | 9 | 45% |
Severe | 11 | 55% | |
Diurnal variation (morning headache) | Yes | 13 | 65% |
no | 7 | 35% | |
Association | Vomiting | 6 | 30% |
Nausea | 11 | 55% | |
Photophobia | 16 | 80% | |
Phonophobia | 9 | 45% | |