CK knowledge

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operator Wolf-Dieter Kühn
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On-line August 1, 2005
http://www.ck-wissen.de

CK-knowledge ( C luster- K opfschmerz knowledge) is a German-language Wikipedia projects with information about the disease cluster headache . Cluster headache ( cluster English "group, accumulation") is a primary headache disorder , which manifests itself in strictly unilateral and extremely severe pain in the area of ​​the temple and eye, occurring in attacks. The term “cluster” refers to the peculiarity of this form of headache, which occurs periodically with a strong accumulation, while symptom-free intervals can follow for months to years.

CK-Wissen uses the MediaWiki software, has been online since August 2005 and contains 328 article pages (as of December 2015). CK-Wissen is independent, non-commercial and free of advertising. The article pages are created and maintained by patients and other authors on a non-profit and voluntary basis. Anyone interested can participate. The project is financed privately by cluster headache sufferers, there are no sponsors.

Unless otherwise indicated, the content of CK-Wissen is subject to the terms of the “ Creative Commons , Attribution, Distribution under the same conditions 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0)” license and may be freely copied and distributed. Notes on oxygen treatment for cluster headaches and on nasal treatment of cluster headache attacks with lidocaine from the CK-Wissen Wiki have been adopted in abbreviated form by the German Migraine and Headache Society .

Using the "Create book" function, the CK-Wissen wiki pages can be printed as an individual book using the book-on-demand process, or exported in Portable Document Format or OpenDocument Format. There are various prepared book versions ("saved books") with a foreword by headache expert Arne May .

CK-Wissen follows the principles for reliable medical information of the Health On the Net Foundation and has been HONcode accredited since August 2006 . In the Orphanet database for rare diseases , CK-Wissen is listed as a patient organization with a focus on cluster headache, paroxysmal hemicrania and SUNCT syndrome . In the guidelines for diagnostics and therapy in neurology of the German Society for Neurology , CK knowledge is named under “ self-help groups ”. In December 2014, CK-Wissen was mentioned as one of three examples of self-help work on the Internet in a brochure of the National Contact and Information Center for the Stimulation and Support of Self-Help Groups (NAKOS) .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b guideline "Cluster headache and trigeminal autonomic headache" . Published by the guidelines commission of the German Society for Neurology , the German Migraine and Headache Society , the Austrian Society for Neurology , the Swiss Neurological Society and the Professional Association of German Neurologists . Status: May 14, 2015, valid until May 13, 2020. Accessed June 2, 2015.
  2. ↑ CK knowledge: Statistics
  3. ↑ CK knowledge: license terms
  4. ↑ http://www.dmkg.de/files/dmkg.de/patienten/Download/ck_sauerstoff.pdf (PDF 44KB)
  5. ↑ http://www.dmkg.de/files/dmkg.de/patienten/Download/ck_lidocain09.pdf (PDF 62KB)
  6. ↑ http://www.dmkg.de/patienten/medikamente-gegen-clusterkopfache.html
  7. ↑ CK knowledge: create a book
  8. ^ CK knowledge: Foreword by Arne May
  9. ↑ CK knowledge HONcode certification
  10. ↑ orpha.net: CK knowledge - cluster headache knowledge
  11. ↑ NAKOS Concepts and Practice 8: Using the Internet for self-help work. - A practical aid. National contact and information point for the suggestion and support of self-help groups (NAKOS) December 2014; Page 14. PDF file