Talk:Coital cephalalgia

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[edit] Cephalgia or Cephalalgia?

I believe this page's title and subject's appellation, and consistent mentions of the latter elsewhere, are erroneous as "coital cephalgia" [sic], the term applied to the phenomenon on Wikipedia, diverges with what would be the term if the more commonly used medical term for headache (in this or any other context), cephalalgia, were used. I propose modifying this page to correct this error and moving it to en.wikipedia.com/wiki/Coital_cephalalgia, thereafter creating a redirect page here directing incoming traffic to said page. Further, under such pages as en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headache, appropriate alterations should be made to reflect the aforementioned modifications.Earthliberator 20:57, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

I don't know enough about this topic to be sure, but I am inclined to agree with Earthliberator. A google search of cephalalgia yields 372,000 hits [1], while cephalgia has only 43,200 [2]. These numbers seem to indicate to me that both words are used, but cephalalgia is definitely more prevalent. Imaginaryoctopus^(talk) 06:28, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

The article on headache has A headache (medically known as cephalalgia, sometimes spelled as cephalgia) so it looks like both are accepted, but cephalalgia is more proper. I'll move this page. Nik42 02:54, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Page should specify if or if not condition is long/short term

I remember i was hit in the head unconscious with a basketball when i was 21 i had this condition for 3 weeks following the incident but it went.