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A vascular headache is an outdated term to describe certain types of headache which were thought to be related to blood vessel swelling and hyperemia as cause of pain. [ citation needed ] There is no doubt that some headaches are caused by vascular effects.
In 1983, French researchers published a case series of 11 patients, terming the condition acute benign cerebral angiopathy. [1] Gregory Call and Marie Fleming were the first two authors of a report in which doctors from Massachusetts General Hospital , led by C. Miller Fisher , described 4 patients, alongside 12 previous case studies, with the ...
Failure of normal autoregulation and an abrupt rise in systemic vascular resistance are typical initial components of the disease process. [6] Hypertensive emergency pathophysiology includes: [citation needed] Abrupt increase in systemic vascular resistance, likely related to humoral vasoconstrictors; Endothelial injury and dysfunction
A migrainous infarction is a rare type of ischaemic stroke which occurs in correspondence with migraine aura symptoms. [1] Symptoms include headaches, visual disturbances, strange sensations and dysphasia, all of which gradually worsen causing neurological changes which ultimately increase the risk of an ischaemic stroke. [2]
Same symptoms as ischemic stroke, but unconsciousness, headache, nausea, stiff neck, and seizures are more often in brain hemorrhages than ischemic strokes: Complications: Coma, persistent vegetative state, cardiac arrest (when bleeding is in the brain stem or is severe), death: Types
The headache can be made worse by any activity that further increases the intracranial pressure, such as coughing and sneezing. The pain may also be experienced in the neck and shoulders. [ 5 ] Many have pulsatile tinnitus , a whooshing sensation in one or both ears (64–87%); this sound is synchronous with the pulse.
Congenital diseases are medical conditions that are present at birth that may be associated with or inherited through genes. [16] Examples of congenital cerebrovascular diseases include arteriovenous malformations, germinal matrix hemorrhage, and CADASIL (cerebral autosomal-dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy). [9]
A headache, also known as cephalalgia, is the symptom of pain in the face, head, or neck.It can occur as a migraine, tension-type headache, or cluster headache. [1] [2] There is an increased risk of depression in those with severe headaches.