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Danger signs of a headache

 Headache is the most common neurological symptom. Most headaches have mild causes, such as migraine headaches, tension headaches, etc. Therefore, it is popular to buy medicine to take on its own to relieve headaches. Sometimes even before seeing a doctor, the symptoms are so severe that they cannot be corrected. 

What is a severe headache? Headaches have a cause and must be addressed appropriately. If not treated properly, this disease can have serious and life-threatening consequences.


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Common causes of serious headaches include:

1. Meningeal infection (meningitis), encephalitis, brain abscess

2. Brain tumors, brain cancer, including the spread of cancer from other systems to the brain, such as lung cancer or breast cancer spreading into the brain, etc.

3. There is bleeding in the brain tissue. ,Bleeding under the meninges, Bleeding on the surface of the brain or Bleeding in the ventricles of the brain.

4. Blocked vein or venous cavity in the brain.

5. Infections in the bloodstream/blood (sepsis), sinus infection, or ear infection

6. Pressure in the intracranial cavity is higher or lower than normal.

What do serious headaches look like?

1. Will the headache be the most severe or severe in my life? Never been like this before

2. A severe headache comes on quickly.

3. The headaches become more and more severe and never go away. Symptoms increase in frequency, severity, and duration of symptoms become longer and longer.

4. Found together with other abnormalities of the nervous system, such as weak arms and legs, blurred vision, double vision, decreased hearing, convulsions, twitching, staggering, or a stiff neck, etc.

5. May be found together with fever, depending on the cause.

6. Vomiting a lot

7. Headache :  It may be combined with other system abnormalities such as loss of appetite, thinness, coughing, pus flowing from the ear, etc.

8. Take painkillers, but the pain does not subside.

Who is more likely to develop a serious headache?

Everyone has a chance of having a serious headache, but if the patient has an underlying disease or uses certain medications, there is a higher chance of developing it, including:

1. Congenital diseases include liver failure, kidney failure, immune system deficiency, otitis media, arrhythmia, rheumatic heart disease. alcoholism, poorly controlled high blood pressure. Diabetes with poor sugar control

2. Pregnant women

3. Athletes who engage in collisions such as boxers, rugby players

4. Take medicine to dissolve blood clots. High-dose hormonal birth control pills

5. People who regularly experience head accidents, such as being drunk and falling frequently.

In what cases do you need to see a doctor immediately?

1. The headache comes on suddenly and is extremely severe. This has not happened before, possibly due to bleeding in the meninges.

2. Headache accompanied by vomiting and blurred vision may be caused by high pressure in the skull cavity.

3.Severe headache accompanied by fever and inability to bend the neck (stiff neck), which may be caused by infection of the meninges (meningitis).

4. Headache with pus flowing from the ears, fever, and weakness or weakness in the arms and legs. Other neurological disorders This may be caused by a brain abscess.

5. Headache that does not respond to pain relievers

6. Headaches that are becoming more and more severe.

7. Headache that occurs after a severe blow to the head. Including vomiting, forgetting events which may be caused by bleeding in the brain. 

8 . The patient is taking medicine to dissolve blood clot. (for example, in patients with heart disease) and have headaches that have never been experienced before

Therefore, when you know the danger signs of a serious headache. If there is any doubt that you may have a serious abnormality. You should hurry to see a doctor immediately. Don't let the symptoms get worse.

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