Generally headache is just a common illness, and normally, headache is easy to get healing, or that mean many people never worry about headache.
However, severe headache that arises suddenly could be a signal that something is serious and needs emergency care, for example due to stroke, Meningitis or swelling of blood vessels (aneurysm). Although the condition is rare, but it could not hurt to know the signs of head pain that is felt is not normal.
Here are symptoms that require immediate attention:
- High fever, neck stiffness and seizures. These symptoms could be signs of meningitis, an infection and meradangnya membranes and fluid surrounding the brain and central nervous system.
About 70 percent of cases of meningitis occur in children under five, but the frequency of the disease is higher among people aged 15-24 years. Elderly people also tend to be more afflicted by meningitis.
- Sudden severe headache, followed by nausea, vomiting or impaired nerve function, such as difficulty speaking or walking, can be a sign of hemorrhagic stroke.
- Severe headache who have never experienced before could be a sign of bleeding due to rupture of blood vessels (aneurysm). This condition can be life-threatening.
However, severe headache that arises suddenly could be a signal that something is serious and needs emergency care, for example due to stroke, Meningitis or swelling of blood vessels (aneurysm). Although the condition is rare, but it could not hurt to know the signs of head pain that is felt is not normal.
Here are symptoms that require immediate attention:
- High fever, neck stiffness and seizures. These symptoms could be signs of meningitis, an infection and meradangnya membranes and fluid surrounding the brain and central nervous system.
About 70 percent of cases of meningitis occur in children under five, but the frequency of the disease is higher among people aged 15-24 years. Elderly people also tend to be more afflicted by meningitis.
- Sudden severe headache, followed by nausea, vomiting or impaired nerve function, such as difficulty speaking or walking, can be a sign of hemorrhagic stroke.
- Severe headache who have never experienced before could be a sign of bleeding due to rupture of blood vessels (aneurysm). This condition can be life-threatening.
