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*[[Cavernous sinus thrombosis]] or [[cerebral sinus thrombosis]] | *[[Cavernous sinus thrombosis]] or [[cerebral sinus thrombosis]] | ||
* [[Carotid artery dissection]] | |||
====Others==== | ====Others==== | ||
Revision as of 19:47, 8 December 2017
Headache
Common
Killers
- Meningitis/encephalitis
- Retropharyngeal abscess
- Intracranial Hemorrhage (ICH)
- SAH / sentinel bleed
- Acute obstructive hydrocephalus
- Space occupying lesions
- CVA
- Carbon monoxide poisoning
- Basilar artery dissection
- Preeclampsia
- Cerebral venous thrombosis
- Hypertensive emergency
- Depression
Maimers
- Temporal arteritis
- Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (aka Pseudotumor Cerebri)
- Acute Glaucoma
- Acute sinusitis
- Cavernous sinus thrombosis or cerebral sinus thrombosis
- Carotid artery dissection
Others
- Trigeminal neuralgia
- TMJ pain
- Post-lumbar puncture headache
- Dehydration
- Analgesia abuse
- Various ocular and dental problems
- Herpes zoster ophthalmicus
- Herpes zoster oticus
- Cryptococcosis
- Febrile headache (e.g. pyelonephritis, nonspecific viral infection)
- Ophthalmoplegic migraine
- Superior Vena Cava Syndrome
Aseptic Meningitis
- Viral
- Varicella
- Herpes
- Enterovirus
- West Nile
- Tuberculosis
- Lyme disease
- Syphilis
- Fungal (AIDS, transplant, chemotherapy, chronic steroid use)
- Noninfectious
- Sarcoidosis
- Vasculitis
- Connective tissues disease
- Drug induced aseptic meningitis