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Medical symptoms and causes for head ache
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| Symptom: EYE PAIN (Ophthalmalgia) | Cause: Subdural hematoma | |||||
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Description: Following head trauma, a subdural hematoma commonly causes severe eye ache and headache. Related neurologic signs depend on the hematoma-s location and size | ||||||
| Symptom: EARACHE (Otalgia) | Cause: Otitis externa | |||||
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Description: Earache characterizes acute and malignant otitis externa. Acute otitis externa begins with mild to moderate or intense ear pain that occurs with tragus manipulation. The pain may be accompanied by a low-grade fever, sticky yellow or purulent ear discharge, partial hearing loss, and a feeling of blockage. Later, ear pain intensifies, causing the entire side of the head to ache and throb. Fever may reach 104? F (40? C). Examination reveals swelling of the tragus, external meatus, and external canal; eardrum erythema; and lymphadenopathy. The patient also complains of dizziness and malaise | ||||||
| Symptom: HYPERPNEA | Cause: Head injury | |||||
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Description: Hyperpnea that results from a severe head injury is called central neurogenic hyperventilation. Whether its onset is acute or gradual, this type of hyperpnea indicates damage to the lower midbrain or upper pons. Accompanying signs reflect the site and extent of injury and can include loss of consciousness; soft-tissue injury or bony deformity of the face, head, or neck; facial edema; clear or bloody drainage from the mouth, nose, or ears; raccoon eyes; Battle-s sign; an absent doll-s eye sign; and motor and sensory disturbances | ||||||
| Symptom: LIGHT FLASHES (Photopsias) | Cause: Head trauma | |||||
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Description: A patient who has sustained minor head trauma may report seeing stars when the injury occurs. He may also complain of localized pain at the injury site, a generalized headache, and dizziness. Later, he may develop nausea, vomiting, and a decreased level of consciousness | ||||||
| Symptom: PARESTHESIA | Cause: Head trauma | |||||
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Description: Unilateral or bilateral paresthesia may occur when head trauma causes a concussion or contusion; however, sensory loss is more common. Other findings include variable paresis or paralysis, a decreased LOC, a headache, blurred or double vision, nausea and vomiting, dizziness, and seizures | ||||||
| Symptom: SEIZURES, GENERALIZED TONIC-CLONIC | Cause: Head trauma | |||||
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Description: In severe cases, generalized seizures may occur at the time of injury. (Months later, focal seizures may occur.) Severe head trauma may also cause a decreased LOC, leading to coma; soft-tissue injury of the face, head, or neck; clear or bloody drainage from the mouth, nose, or ears; facial edema; bony deformity of the face, head, or neck; Battle-s sign; and a lack of response to oculocephalic and oculovestibular stimulation. Motor and sensory deficits may occur along with altered respirations. Examination may reveal signs of increasing ICP, such as a decreased response to painful stimuli, nonreactive pupils, bradycardia, increased systolic pressure, and widening pulse pressure. If the patient is conscious, he may exhibit visual deficits, behavioral changes, and a headache | ||||||
| Symptom: DIPLOPIA | Cause: Head injury | |||||
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Description: Potentially life-threatening head injuries may cause diplopia, depending on the site and extent of the injury. Associated signs and symptoms include eye deviation, pupillary changes, a headache, a decreased LOC, altered vital signs, nausea, vomiting, and motor weakness or paralysis | ||||||
| Symptom: SEIZURES, SIMPLE PARTIAL | Cause: Head trauma | |||||
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Description: Any head injury can cause seizures, but penetrating wounds are characteristically associated with focal seizures. The seizures usually begin 3 to 15 months after injury, decrease in frequency after several years, and eventually stop. The patient may develop generalized seizures and a decreased LOC that may progress to coma | ||||||
| Symptom: EYE PAIN (Ophthalmalgia) | Cause: Migraine headache | |||||
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Description: Migraines can produce pain so severe that the eyes also ache. Additionally, nausea, vomiting, blurred vision, and light and noise sensitivity may occur | ||||||
| Symptom: GAIT, SPASTIC (Hemiplegic gait]) | Cause: Head trauma | |||||
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Description: Spastic gait typically follows the acute stage of head trauma. The patient may also experience focal or generalized seizures, personality changes, a headache, and focal neurologic signs, such as aphasia and visual field deficits | ||||||
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