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Table 1 Patients with headaches from diverse traumatic events.

From: Traumatic-event headaches

Patient

G/Age

Traumatic event

Headache onset

Headache class*

1

M/38

He slid down a roof into a wall and broke a foot and back bone.

4 weeks

2.2

2

F/50

A falling mass of snow buried her and fractured 3 back vertebrae.

2 weeks

2.2

3

F/36

She fainted after donating blood.

1 day

2.2

4

M/41

He was knocked into his car when another car hit his shopping cart.

Immediate

2.2

5

M/46

He hurt his neck while yanking a wrench on a rusted bolt.

5 days

2.2

6

M/52

He heard his neck "pop" while lifting a cargo door.

Hours

2.2

7

M/28

He slipped off a plank while carrying buckets but landed on his feet.

Days

2.2

8

M/43

He had a bone-marrow transplant for a lymphoma.

Days

2.2

9

M/48

His face was badly cut on a metal sign when he fell while walking.

Hours

2.2

10

F/56

Her scalp was burned by a hair-curling chemical at a beauty parlor.

1 day

1.1

11

M/40

He became angry at the urologist right after his cystoscopy.

1 hour

2.2

12

F/47

Her snowmobile was mistakenly backed up 5 feet into a tree.

Days

2.2

13

M/53

He fell sideways in a beachchair and fractured his ribs on a rock.

2 days

2.2

14

F/33

She was exposed to an acute Freon-gas leak at work.

Minutes

1.1

15

M/43

A high-voltage electrical injury led to amputations of both arms.

4 weeks

2.2

  1. *IHS codes: 2.2 = chronic tension-type headache, 1.1 = migraine without aura