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Secondary Headaches

The headaches that are caused due to some other underlying disease are known as secondary headaches.

Headache maybe the the fisrt presenting symptom in certain pathological conditions of the brain. If the headaches in a person are persistent the doctor may hence want to rule out such a pathology by undertaking a CT scan of the brain.

Some of the diseases that cause secondary headaches include-

  • Brain tumors,
  • Subdural hematomas
  • Epidural hematomas
  • Subarachnoid hemorrhages
  • Severe increase in blood pressure
  • Stroke
  • Bacterial Infections (meningitis, Lyme disease, tuberculosis)
  • Anemia
  • Inflammation
  • Infections of ear, teeth or sinus
  • Glaucoma
  • Parkinson’s disease
  • Cardiac ischemia
  • Carbon monoxide poisoning
  • Certain medications

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tonya1970 - Apr 25, 2014

I feel like my speech is real slow and my body movement is slower then usual. I just went to the ER yesterday owning. ThEy gave me a shot of dilaudid and Zofran. Am I feeling this cause the shot or the migraine?

prema - Dec 28, 2009

Cluster headache is a name given to an agonising form of migraine headaches (on one side of head) with autonomic eye swelling, watering and nasal congestion. It usually presents in bouts i.e clusters, and its frequency can be every few years but sometimes much more frequently. No great remedy is so far available.Recently article in JAMA suggested use of high-flow oxygen for about 15 mins as the treatment of choice.
Conclusion of article says 'Treatment of patients with cluster headache at symptom onset using inhaled high-flow oxygen compared with placebo was more likely to result in being pain-free at 15 minutes.'
http://jama.ama-assn.org

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