Hazim Brohi*, Ajeet Kumar*, Muhammad Ishaq* Syed Sanower Ali**, Jibran Sualeh Mohammad*.

ABSTRACT

Headache disorders are ranked amongst the ten most disabling conditions in the world by World Health Organization (WHO). The global prevalence of active headache diseases in the adult population is 46%. Tension-type headache and migraine are the two most common headache disorders affecting 42% and 11% adults respectively. About 3% of the world's population is affected by chronic headache that lasts for more than 15 days per month.1 While headache has been an unaddressed cause of morbidity around the world, it has remained largely unrecognized in the developing world.2 Most clinical and epidemiological studies have originated in developed countries and there is scarce literature to support treatment guidelines or public health interventions to deal with headache in low and middle income countries where 85% of the world's population lives. No large study regarding the prevalence of problem has been conducted in our region of world. However local literature search shows a prevalence of tension type headaches was up to 48.5 % 3 According to one study conducted in school children the prevalence of headache was up to 85 % 4. It gives us some insight about the amplitude of the problem in our area.......  

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* Department of Medicine,
Jinnah Medical & Dental College Hospital, Karachi.
** Department of Community Medicine,
Jinnah Medical & Dental College Hospital, Karachi.
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