Severe Headache with Vomiting Can Bring Sudden Death
Head with increasing severity, not relieved by medication, severe vomiting, impaired vision and fainting Pain can be a sign of health problems related to cerebral vessels.
Intra-cerebral tumors, intra-cerebral vascular disorders, intra-cerebral bubbles and enlargement of intra-cerebral fluid tanks cause severe headache.
Pain that increases in severity, does not resemble the pain felt before, does not go away with medication, and may manifest itself as severe vomiting, double vision or narrowing of the visual field, and fluctuation in consciousness, which can manifest itself with fainting and may lead to sudden death.
Brain tumors, cerebrovascular disorders, cerebral vessel bubbles and enlargement of intracranial fluid tanks can cause severe headaches and 50% of these patients die of cerebral hemorrhage before reaching the hospital.
Every sensation that disturbs a person can be defined as “pain”.
Pain can be considered as a “red alert” situation that protects people from the danger of diseases, and if you have pain somewhere, it means “there is a problem”. Pain is a foreshadowing of possible problems. The proverb “Where one’s pain is, there is one’s soul”, which describes this situation very well, is an important social knowledge. Pain; It can be in the form of short, long or longer chronic pain.
Every person whose facial sinus development has been completed since the age of 12-13 (with a slightly higher incidence in women) complains of an annoying headache at some point in his life.
While some of the headaches are not very bothersome, some may require continuous medication, serious treatment protocol or surgery. There can be about 80 causes of headache, and the problem of those who complain that “I always have a headache” is mostly due to migraine-type muscle or intracranial vascular disorders.
Tension and stress in daily life is a serious cause of headache. During the day, the muscles in the head and face area tense, relax and get tired over time. As a result, chemicals released from these muscle groups cause headaches. This is called ‘tension pain’ and is frequently encountered among people who work hard.
Among the causes of headache, headache due to chronic diseases such as high blood pressure can be counted. In addition to these, brain tumors, intra-cerebral vascular disorders (calcifications-occlusions), intra-brain bubbles (aneurysm) and flocculation (AVM), enlargement of intra-brain fluid tanks (hydrocephalus) are also serious headache causes.
Apart from headache due to head trauma, headache can also be seen in infectious diseases such as meningitis, disorders in the facial sinuses, and dental and eye-related diseases. All of these are common causes of headaches, but the pain that increases in intensity, does not resemble the pain felt before, does not go away with medication, and occurs with fluctuations in consciousness such as severe vomiting, double vision and fainting, should be taken very seriously.
In addition to all these, headaches accompanied by memory loss may be caused by problems in the brain vessels. In such cases, vascular bubbles, vascular clumps, and the presence of a rapidly growing tumor may be responsible. Therefore, a doctor should be consulted immediately. Sudden death may occur if there is a headache due to a vascular balloon (Aneurysm). 50 percent of patients with aneurysm bleeding die of cerebral hemorrhage before reaching the hospital.
Headache that occurs in this type of disease is felt as “severe and usually a pain that has never been experienced before, in the anterior inner part of the brain”, and very important findings such as loss of consciousness may occur.
In case of such severe pain, it is necessary not to take a hot shower, immediately measure the blood pressure and go to the hospital without wasting time. First of all, after the application to the emergency room, a neurosurgeon should be examined.
