Contents:
- Medical Video: When To Consult A Doctor About Headaches
- Various types of headaches that are dangerous
- 1. Headache, difficulty speaking, and numbness
- 2. Headaches with visual impairments
- 3. Headaches that don't work are treated
- 4. Headache with fever and stiff neck
- 5. Headaches, nausea, vomiting, and sensitivity to light or sound
- 6. The headache appears suddenly and is very painful
- 7. Headaches after certain activities
- 8. Headaches get worse when changing positions
Medical Video: When To Consult A Doctor About Headaches
Headaches are one of the common complaints that can indicate various things. Usually the headache will disappear on its own after a while or after you take painkillers. However, there are also various types of headaches that are dangerous and can indicate serious health problems. What are the characteristics of headaches that are worrying and should be examined by a doctor? Check out the following signs!
Various types of headaches that are dangerous
Watch for any symptoms that follow the appearance of a headache. If the headache is accompanied by the following signs, immediately seek medical attention.
1. Headache, difficulty speaking, and numbness
If you feel a terrible headache followed by a disorder such as talking slurred, difficult to compose sentences, absent-minded, difficult to think, and difficult to understand the words of others, you may experience a stroke.
Especially if symptoms arise, which are difficult to move the limbs and tingling or numbness appears. It is best to visit an emergency health care center directly because an aneurysm can cause a stroke or death.
2. Headaches with visual impairments
According to Dr. Emad Estemalik from the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine in the United States (US), headaches with impaired vision can be a serious symptom of migraine. For example, if your vision becomes blurred or shaded. Also note other symptoms such as weakness and tingling.
3. Headaches that don't work are treated
Have you taken medication for headaches, but has the pain not disappeared yet? You may not be compatible with the drug or there are other dangerous causes. For that, you should immediately check with your doctor so you can get the best treatment.
You are also advised to see a doctor if the attacking headache does not subside too even though it has been more than 24 hours and you have taken painkillers.
4. Headache with fever and stiff neck
Be careful if you experience a headache during a fever followed by symptoms of a stiff neck! Do not be ignored and immediately seek medical attention. Because the headache with fever and stiff neck is likely to be a symptom of inflammation of the brain (encephalitis) or inflammation of the lining of the brain (meningitis). These two diseases can have fatal consequences, especially if they are not dealt with quickly.
5. Headaches, nausea, vomiting, and sensitivity to light or sound
In some cases, migraine headaches can be accompanied by symptoms of nausea, vomiting, and sensitivity to light or sound. However, various other causes such as vertigo and concussion may also cause these symptoms.
6. The headache appears suddenly and is very painful
If you are suddenly attacked by a very severe and irresistible headache, immediately seek emergency health services. Especially if the type of headache you've never experienced before.
According to a neurologist from Hartford HealthCare Headache Center in the US, Dr. Brian Grosberg, usually this type of headache feels like your head has been hit hard and the pain level can get worse in just a few minutes.
7. Headaches after certain activities
Indeed, there are several types of headaches that will appear after you do certain things. For example after coughing, after exercising, or even after you have sex. This means you have special health conditions that are the cause.
8. Headaches get worse when changing positions
Note, if the attacking headache becomes more painful if you change position? For example if you bend, get up, or sit down. The type of headache that gets worse if you change position can be one symptom of leaking cerebrospinal fluid in the brain.
