ABSTRACT
Evaluation of the causes of headache in patients referred to Neurological Emergency and Clinic of Ghaem Hospital. In this prescribing cross-sectional study, patients who came to the Clinic Department of Ghaem Hospital of Mashhad from 1980 to 1982, with chief complaint of headache, was studied. The clinical findings, laboratory findings, and imaging of the patients were reviewed. Among 423 patients, 71% were women. The female to male ratio was 2.44%. The average age was 35. Male patients with sinusitis and female patients with classic migraine had the lowest average age, respectively 17 years old and 19 years old. The maximum average age was in patients with cervical spondylitis. The most common type of headache was tension [48%] and migraine [24%]. The most common associated symptoms were photophobia, photophobia and nausea. The most common precipitated factor of headache was stress [71%]. This study showed that stress was the most important factor of exacerbating headache, and rest was the best way to suppress headache