Interpreting the warning signs of headache
Some people wonder if they are suffering from cerebrovascular disease, brain tumors or other diseases once a headache strikes, adding to their mental burden. On the contrary, some people take headache attacks for granted, resulting in tragedies that could have been avoided. In fact, headaches often indicate the existence of many diseases. The following is a summary of the potential connection between various headache attacks and certain diseases, and the early warning signals of various headaches.
Forms of headache attacks
Sudden headache (headache that has not been experienced before): subarachnoid hemorrhage, intracranial hemorrhage, acute intracranial infection.
Periodic or intermittent headaches: migraine (auriculotemporal neuralgia, supraorbital neuralgia, greater occipital neuralgia), cluster headache, hypertensive encephalopathy, trigeminal neuralgia. Chronic progressive attacks: intracranial tumors, chronic intracranial infectious diseases.
Chronic persistent attacks: myotonic headache, paranasal sinusitis, refractive error, cervical spine pathology, neuropathic headache.
Degree of headache
Severe pain: subarachnoid hemorrhage, hypertensive encephalopathy, trigeminal nerve surge, migraine, intracranial hemorrhage from various causes, acute meningitis, acute glaucoma.
Mild to moderate: sinusitis, glaucoma, refractive error, brain tumor, intracranial chronic inflammation, cervical spine pathology, neuropathic headache.
Headache site
1.Frontal: sinusitis, intracranial hypertension, brain tumor, cluster headache.
2.Periorbital: glaucoma, migraine (supraorbital neuralgia), cluster headache.
3.Top: neurogenic headache, myotonic headache.
4.Occipital region: brain tumor, migraine (occipital neuralgia), myotonic headache.
5.Temporal: migraine (auriculotemporal neuralgia), temporal arteritis.
6.Diffuse: subarachnoid hemorrhage, cerebral hemorrhage, hypertensive encephalopathy, intracranial or extracranial infection, myotonic headache.
Oral or facial: trigeminal neuralgia, glossopharyngeal neuralgia.
Nature of headache
1.Pulsating: hypertensive encephalopathy, migraine, temporal arteritis.
2.Dull pain: brain tumor, neurogenic headache, myotonic headache, glaucoma, sinusitis.
3.Sharp pain: subarachnoid hemorrhage, intracranial hemorrhage, glossopharyngeal neuralgia.
5.Variable nature: more variable, neuropathic headache.
6.Distension: migraine (auriculotemporal neuralgia, supraorbital neuralgia, greater occipital neuralgia), myotonic headache.
7.Electric shock-like: trigeminal neuralgia.
How to seek medical treatment.
1.Neurosurgery: brain tumor, migraine, trigeminal neuralgia, subarachnoid hemorrhage, intracranial hemorrhage, glossopharyngeal neuralgia.
2.Neurology: neurogenic headache, hypertensive encephalopathy, acute and chronic intracranial inflammation.
3.Pain department: migraine, myotonic headache, cluster headache.
4.Ophthalmology: glaucoma.
5.Otolaryngology: sinusitis.