Health Tip: Have Your Headaches Evaluated
(HealthDay News) -- Headaches, especially when they occur suddenly and frequently, can signal a serious condition that requires more than an over-the-counter pain reliever.
The Womenshealth.gov says your doctor should evaluate your head pain if you:
-
Have headaches that occur several times per month and last for hours, or even days, at a time.
-
Have headaches that interfere with school, work or home.
-
Have headaches accompanied by vision changes, vomiting or nausea, numbness or tingling.
-
Have headaches that cause pain around an ear or eye.
-
Have headaches that are severe and are accompanied by a stiff neck.
-
Have headaches accompanied by confusion, loss of alertness or convulsions.
-
Have frequent headaches all of a sudden, when headaches used to be rare.
|