RESUMO

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.

Assuntos

Doenças dos Nervos Cranianos/história , Transtornos da Cefaleia Primários/história , Transtornos da Cefaleia Secundários/história , Cefaleia/história , Neuralgia/história , Doenças dos Nervos Cranianos/classificação , Cefaleia/classificação , Transtornos da Cefaleia Primários/classificação , Transtornos da Cefaleia Secundários/classificação , História do Século XVII , História do Século XIX , História do Século XX , História Antiga , História Medieval , Humanos , Neuralgia/classificação