When is a headache dangerous? – Headache is usually associated as a symptom of a wide variety of diseases. Seasonal flu, malnutrition or panic attacks have headaches among their symptoms.
For this reason, the seriousness of having a migraine and the possibility that it could be something more serious tends to be ignored. The reality is that a chronic or intense headache can be something quite dangerous and that must be attended to in a particular way.
Continue reading and you will discover those characteristics that make a headache less “normal”
Go to the doctor if:
- You have two or more headaches a week
- You take painkillers often
- If they get stronger and stronger
- affect any of your 5 senses
- if they incapacitate you
- It gives you fever, muscle aches, dizziness, seizures, and slurred speech
Diseases with which a severe headache may be associated
When headaches become this atypical, it may be a sign of one of the following conditions:
- Inflammation of the blood vessels
- Prevention of a cardiovascular accident
- Meningitis
- Irregular intracranial pressure
- Brain tumor
- Brain injury
Risk Factors for a Dangerous Headache
The following compendium of characteristics, conducive to chronic and dangerous migraines:
- Being of the female gender
- suffer from anxiety
- Depression
- sleep disturbances
- Obesity
- Snoring
- excessive caffeine intake
Discard the nature of your Headache
Within the catalog of tests and tests that we offer at medmesafe, the Migraine Test is the one indicated for this problem. Through a blood sample, you can obtain a report on the origin of your migraines and take actions to solve it.
ibrahim vicuna
Marketing Manager medmeafe Graduated from Audiovisual Communication from the Andrés Bello Catholic University in Venezuela, the #1 in Latin America. Experience and expertise in professional research for the creation of academic and scientific content. Digital content manager, specializing in Investigative Journalism and Communication Trends 2.0