What to do if you suddenly have a headache and want to vomit

Nausea and headache are the most common manifestations of sub-health. It should be said that most people have experienced this situation in real life. Once this situation occurs, it will inevitably affect people’s normal life, and in severe cases it may threaten physical health. When this situation occurs, you must pay attention to it. It is best to find out the cause of the symptom in time and treat it accordingly. Only in this way can you get rid of the pain as soon as possible. So what should we do specifically?

1. Reasons

1. Causes of disease

The causes may include endocrine and metabolic disorders, intracranial venous sinus thrombosis, drugs and toxins, as well as primary benign intracranial hypertension, that is, the cause is unknown.

2. Pathogenesis

The pathogenesis of this disease is still unclear, and it is caused by intracranial hypertension that develops over weeks or months. As to whether the direct cause of increased intracranial pressure is due to swelling of the brain parenchyma itself or changes in cerebrospinal fluid, there is still no consensus. Most people believe that it is caused by cerebrospinal fluid absorption disorder, but there is not much evidence.

Karahalios et al. (1996) found that all patients with benign intracranial hypertension had increased cerebral venous pressure. In this case, cerebrospinal fluid absorption was obstructed, which could cause increased intracranial pressure. However, it was not clear whether increased cerebral venous pressure was the cause or result of increased intracranial pressure. During continuous cerebrospinal fluid monitoring of patients with benign intracranial hypertension, it was found that the cerebrospinal fluid pressure increased continuously and irregularly. After the pressure increased to a plateau for 20 to 30 minutes, it would suddenly drop to normal levels, as if the increased CSF was draining away (Johnston and Paterson, 1974). A considerable number of patients were reported to have irregular menstruation or amenorrhea, some of whom were pregnant women, some had endocrine dysfunction, and some had taken tetracycline, indomethacin, oral contraceptives or other hormones. There were also reports of vitamin A poisoning. It is inferred that the above conditions are all related to benign intracranial hypertension, but there is no substantial evidence.

2. Inspection

The diagnostic criteria are as follows:

1. Symptoms and signs of increased intracranial pressure exist.

2. Neurological examination shows no local localizing signs.

3. Neurodiagnostic examination showed no abnormalities except increased cerebrospinal fluid pressure (no deformation, displacement or obstruction of the ventricular system).

4. The patient is conscious.

5. There are no other causes that may cause increased intracranial pressure.

6. If the cerebrospinal fluid examination is abnormal, the diagnosis is not established.