Question

Please answer all 5 questions detailed.

Mr. Harry Potter is visiting the Hogsmead Clinic today to speak to you about his headaches. You only know that he has a long history of headaches. 1. What non drug measures might you suggest Mr. Potter try for early relief of headaches? 2. What are the different types of headaches that he might be experiencing? 3. What are the symptoms of the different types of headaches? When speaking to Mr. Potter, he describes his headaches as lasting about 15 minutes. He tells you that he feels severe pain on only one side of his head, just above his right eye. He experiences one or more headaches on a daily basis for a few weeks at a time. Over the counter headache medications are not helping. 4. Which type of headache will he most likely be diagnosed as having? 5. Dr. Granger has asked you to write Mr. Potter a prescription for the most appropriate oral prescription strength medication to treat the type of headache he has just been diagnosed with Using only the information provided in the tables in this textbook chapter, what is the drug and dosage range that you will prescribe Mr.Potter?

Answer 1

Solution I. Non drug measures for early relief of headaches are : il Drink water. Kredeate Inadequate hydration may lead you to develop a headache or close eyes and take rest. de use cold compress Ny Drink caffeinated tea or coffee vi Relax
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Solution 2. He might be experiencing two types n headaches that m ü Migraine ais cluster headaches Û Migraine . In migraine, a person experience an intense - throbbing bún on just one side on the head, and it my ippically lost between 5 and 60 minutes. s cluster teadaches!. Cluster headaches are severe and Recurrent headaches that are Bix times more likely to develop in men than in womed. People describe an intense burning or piercing lain behind or around óne end, and it may last between 15 minutes Vand 3 heure. People can experience up to 8 cattacks a day. Attacks tend to occur in daily clusters that can hersist for weeks or months. Solution * 3. Berkferent type Symptoms of different styfes of headaches! i Numbness Pins and needles bricking like hain CAMI Muscle weakness o In Difficulty in speaking the eyes ve feeling of pressure behind Ń Sensitivity to light and Sound. (vity Watering eye i vini Swollen eyelid c) Restlessness or agitation

4. Cluster headache is most likely to be diagnosed as its symptoms is just like to Mr. Potter's Symptoms. 5. for cluster headaches Over Treptans tablets must be provided, and its dosages is 50 mg | dose.
As Mrpotter might be suffering from clusteter headache, he had been experiencing pain in one side of the eye. It symptoms be like watering eye, swollen eyelids, restlessness or agitation etc. In this triptans must be given to treat cluster headache.