RESUMEN

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.

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Enfermedades de los Nervios Craneales/historia , Cefaleas Primarias/historia , Cefaleas Secundarias/historia , Cefalea/historia , Neuralgia/historia , Enfermedades de los Nervios Craneales/clasificación , Cefalea/clasificación , Cefaleas Primarias/clasificación , Cefaleas Secundarias/clasificación , Historia del Siglo XVII , Historia del Siglo XIX , Historia del Siglo XX , Historia Antigua , Historia Medieval , Humanos , Neuralgia/clasificación