🩺 Symptom Guide
Headache
Assess urgently for subarachnoid haemorrhage, meningitis/encephalitis, stroke, raised intracranial pressure, temporal arteritis, hypertensive emergency, and toxic-metabolic causes.
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Red flags
- Thunderclap headache reaching maximum intensity within minutes
- reduced GCS or altered mental status
- new focal neurological deficit
- seizure
First actions / assessment
- ABCDE first
- record full vitals and reassess if unstable
- clarify onset, time to peak intensity, duration, progression, site, radiation, associated vomiting, photophobia, neck stiffness, fever, trauma, exertional onset, pregnancy/postpartum status, anticoagulant use, immunosuppression, cancer history, and prior headache pattern
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