(For reference only) The diagnosis of a professional doctor should prevail.
Headache refers to a pain disorder with head pain as the main symptom. It is one of the more common clinical symptoms. Headaches are often caused by overwork, tension, cold, lack of sleep and other reasons. It will disappear after rest and adequate sleep, and it will not attract people's attention. However, headaches caused by certain diseases are a signal that cannot be recovered after rest, and should attract our attention. The causes of headaches are very complex, including intracranial and extracranial; localized to the skull and systemic; there are also many headaches for which the cause has not yet been found.
Currently, headaches are the main symptoms, which are more common in infectious febrile diseases, hypertension, rhinitis, trigeminal neuralgia, intracranial diseases, neurosis, concussion and migraine. symptoms of headache. The reasons are mostly due to the feeling of external evils, disharmony of will, long-term illness, physical weakness and improper diet, which affects the collaterals of the head or the brain and spinal cord malnutrition.
1) Clinical diagnosis
What exactly causes the headache can only be concluded through analysis of the nature of the headache, time of onset, accompanying symptoms and detailed examination. The following analyzes several common diseases that cause headaches:
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Severe headache accompanied by vomiting indicates increased intracranial pressure, which is common in cerebral hemorrhage, brain tumors, and meningitis.
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Paroxysmal migraine, lasting several minutes each time, with severe electric shock-like pain on the face, can be induced by talking, eating or washing the face, and is seen in trigeminal neuralgia.
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Headache manifests as pain and throbbing sensation in the back of the occiput, which is more common in hypertension. The headache disappears when blood pressure is normal.
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Severe headache, accompanied by orbital pain, sharp loss of vision, and vomiting, mostly acute glaucoma.
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Headache accompanied by nasal congestion and purulent discharge, which is lighter in the morning and heavier in the afternoon, may be sinusitis.
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Headache accompanied by dizziness may be caused by cervical spondylosis, cerebellar hemorrhage, or insufficient blood supply of the vertebrobasilar artery.
2) General treatment
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Pay attention to observe and understand the nature, time and accompanying symptoms of the headache attack, and go to the hospital for further examination in time.
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When a headache occurs, reduce activity and rest quietly. Use a small amount of sedative and sleeping pills if necessary.
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Those who suddenly experience severe headache accompanied by vomiting or high blood pressure should seek first aid for cerebral hemorrhage and other diseases as soon as possible.
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If you suspect that the headache is caused by acute glaucoma, do not blindly take painkillers to relieve pain. You should go to an ophthalmologist in time to save your vision, otherwise blindness will soon occur.
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Taking painkillers, such as painkillers, cephalosporins, and analgesics, can only be used for temporary pain relief. Taking too much painkiller can mask the condition. In addition, allergic rashes caused by painkillers are also common.
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Treatment of the cause, such as headache caused by high blood pressure, can make the headache better by lowering blood pressure. Headaches caused by refractive error can be made disappear by wearing the right glasses. Headaches caused by insufficient blood supply to the brain due to cerebral vasospasm can be relieved by dilating blood vessels.