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A Historical Review of Headaches: Who First Described Them and When did This Occur?

2020; Wiley; Volume: 60; Issue: 8 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/head.13906

1526-4610

Wallyson Pablo de Oliveira Souza, Patrick Mesquita Sousa‐Santos, Raimundo Pereira Silva‐Néto,

Ophthalmology and Eye Disorders

Background Headache is as old as human history and has been able to report, and the first descriptions were found in Greece and Mesopotamia. Objective Our objective was to know the date of the first description of ICHD‐3 headaches, with their respective author. Methods We searched for articles that addressed the historical aspects of primary and secondary headaches and painful cranial neuropathies. Results Twenty‐seven different headaches were analyzed according to the occurrence of their first description, with the respective author and country of origin. Conclusions The knowledge of the first description of ICHD‐3 headaches, with their respective author, showed us how and when the different headaches appeared over the years.