Headache
Headache
The Headache diagram shows non serious common causes for simple acute daily headaches.
Other common causes for headaches
- Elevated blood pressure or sugar
- Birth control pills
- Stress and sleep deprivation
- Medication Overuse Headache (MOH) like ibuprofen
- Caffeine withdrawal
- Alcohol abuse
- Certain medications and vitamins supplements
Headache RED FLAGS that requires immediate ER evaluation
- High fever with stiff neck
- High blood pressure
- Worst headache 10/10
- Abrupt fast onset severe headache – Thunderclap headache
- New neurological deficit (focal numbness, weakness or blurred vision lasting more than 1 hour)
- Head injury followed by severe headache
- Loss of or altered consciousness
- New headache in patients taking blood thinners, have history of cancer or immunosuppressed
- Headache triggered by exertion
- Deterioration or progression of usual known headache
- Fever + headache+ tender scalp vessels
- Headache triggered by sexual intercourse or valsalva maneuver (straining)
- Headache only in the upright position and relieved by laying down
Chronic & Recurrent Common Headaches
Types of Headaches
Migraine Headache
Moderate to severe Headache
Tension Headache
Usually mild Headache
Cluster Headache
Can be quite sever Headache
Lasts hours
| May have aura (warning symptoms of impending attack) |
| The classic migraine is one-sided but more commonly it causes bilateral headache |
| Throbbing or pulsating |
| Aggravated by activity |
| Nausea+-vomiting |
| Worse with light and noise |
Lasts hours to days
No aura |
Whole head hurts |
Non pulsating pressure |
Not affected by activity |
No nausea or vomiting |
Not affected by light or noise |
Lasts seconds to minutes
No aura |
One sided, around the eye and temple |
Sharp electrical short lasting and repetitive |
Not affected by activity |
May have red eye, runny nose, facial flushing or sweating, weak eye muscles |
Not affected by light or noise |
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