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What the deferential diagnosis of headache ?and how terat it?
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Primary or secondary: Headaches are classified as primary or secondary. Primary headaches do not have an organic cause. They are discrete physiological disorders that are not associated with any other illness or pathology. There are about 200 different types of headaches and each is treated individually.
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