How to know the characteristics of vascular headache

How do we know that vascular headache is a relatively common disease, which is showing a high incidence trend among middle-aged and elderly people. This is a disease phenomenon caused by the accelerated pace of modern life and people's frequent neglect of dietary health. Therefore, it is very important to prevent vascular headache. So, how do we know the characteristics of vascular headache?

1. The characteristic of headache caused by cerebral hemorrhage is that it can cause severe headache in the early stage of bleeding. At this time, the location and nature of the headache sometimes depend on the location and amount of bleeding, and it manifests as throbbing pain in the occipital and temporal regions on the same side accompanied by nausea and vomiting. Patients with hypertensive crisis have severe, splitting headaches, accompanied by dizziness and nausea, but rarely vomiting. They often have symptoms of autonomic dysfunction, Meniere's syndrome, acute abdomen, etc.

2. If blood enters the subarachnoid space or cerebral ventricles, the headache will worsen, manifesting as diffuse severe pain throughout the head, often accompanied by fever and convulsions. Headache is the most common symptom in patients with cerebellar hemorrhage. Because internal capsule hemorrhage and pontine hemorrhage progress rapidly, headache is rarely the first symptom in clinical practice.

3. The mechanism of headache caused by hypertension can be manifested in three types. Type 1 is a headache caused by the mechanical effect of high blood pressure, which causes abnormal dilation of blood vessels and stimulation of pain receptors in the arterial walls. It manifests as dull and throbbing pain in the head, which is limited to the front and back of the head on one or both sides, or may spread to the entire head. It is a non-migraine vascular headache. The second type is due to reflex contraction of the head muscles, which causes tight-band-like pain around the head, mostly located under the occipital neck, accompanied by mild neck stiffness. The third type is caused by brain dysfunction, which causes vasodilation and contraction disorders in the intracranial blood vessels, resulting in diffuse swelling and dull pain in the entire head.