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Migraines Following A Blow To The Head
Post-traumatic headache (PTH) is headache that occurs after an injury. Most commonly, it occurs following a head injury, but it can also occur after a neck trauma, after a craniotomy, after a whiplash injury, or because of a traumatic intracranial hematoma. Because post-traumatic headache is caused by another condition, head and/or neck injury, it is considered a secondary headache disorder.
Post-traumatic headache is somewhat controversial thanks to our litigious society:
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