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| colspan="4" |''Severe headache with or without changes in mental status'' | | colspan="4" |'''''Severe headache with or without changes in mental status''''' | ||
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|[[Subarachnoid hemorrhage]] | |[[Subarachnoid hemorrhage]] | ||
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* [[Headache|Severe headache]] (as a worst headache of the life) | |||
** Headache is the main symptom (often starts suddenly and starts after a popping or snapping feeling in the head) | |||
* [[Double vision]] | |||
* [[Nausea]] and [[vomiting]] | |||
* Symptoms of [[meningeal irritation]] | |||
** [[Nuchal rigidity]] and pain | |||
** Back pain | |||
** Bilateral leg pain | |||
* [[Numbness]] | |||
* Weakness | |||
* Sudden [[Loss of consciousness|decreased level of consciousness]] | |||
* Rapid progression of symptoms | |||
* Speech disturbance | |||
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|[[Meningitis]] | |[[Meningitis]] | ||
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* [[Fever]], | |||
* [[neck stiffness]] | |||
* [[headache]]. | |||
* Other symptoms include, [[photophobia]] (inability to tolerate bright light), [[phonophobia]] (inability to tolerate loud noises), [[irritability]], [[altered mental status]] (in small children), and [[seizure]]. | |||
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|Intracranial Mass | |Intracranial Mass | ||
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* Headache | |||
* Nausea | |||
* Vomiting | |||
* Change in mental status | |||
* Seizures | |||
* Focal symptoms of brain damage | |||
* Associated co-morbid conditions like tuberculosis, etc | |||
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|[[Cerebral hemorrhage]] | |[[Cerebral hemorrhage]] | ||
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* Increased intracranial pressure (ICP) (headache, vomiting, and depressed level of consciousness) | |||
* progression of focal neurological deficits over periods of hours | |||
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| colspan="4" |''Severe headache with decreased visual acuity, ocular palsies, or visual field changes'' | | colspan="4" |'''''Severe headache with decreased visual acuity, ocular palsies, or visual field changes''''' | ||
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|Complicated [[migraine]] | |Complicated [[migraine]] | ||
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| colspan="4" |Signs of hypopituitarism (hypogonadism, hypoadrenalism, or hypothyroidism) | | colspan="4" |'''Signs of hypopituitarism (hypogonadism, hypoadrenalism, or hypothyroidism)''' | ||
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|[[Head injury]] | |[[Head injury]] |
Revision as of 14:49, 20 July 2017
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Akshun Kalia M.B.B.S.[2]
Disease | Symptoms | ||
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Severe headache with or without changes in mental status | |||
Subarachnoid hemorrhage |
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Meningitis |
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Intracranial Mass |
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Cerebral hemorrhage |
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Infarction | |||
Intracranial venous thrombosis | |||
Severe headache with decreased visual acuity, ocular palsies, or visual field changes | |||
Complicated migraine | |||
Midbrain infarction | |||
Cavernous sinus thrombosis | |||
Cerebellar hemorrhage | |||
Signs of hypopituitarism (hypogonadism, hypoadrenalism, or hypothyroidism) | |||
Head injury | |||
Lymphocytic hypophysitis | |||
Iatrogenic surgical | |||
Radiation injury | |||
Infections (particularly tuberculosis and mycotic infections) | |||