Headache, severe

Care must be exercised in handling n-amyl and the other alkyl nitrites inhalation of the vapour may cause severe headache and heart excitation. The preparation must therefore be conducted in an efficient fume cupboard. 

The nurse should advise the patient taking a nonprescription cough medicine that if a cough lasts more than 10 days or is accompanied by fever, chest pain, severe headache, or skin rash, the patient should consult the primary health care provider. 

Report numbness, tingling of extremities, severe headache, dyspnea, or chest pain. Jbint pain may occur but can be controlled with analgesics. 

Inform the primary healdi care provider if the following adverse reactions occur edema, muscle weakness, weight gain, anorexia, swelling of the extremities, dizziness, severe headache, or shortness of breath. 

Notify the primary health care provider if any of the following occurs pain in the legs or groin area, sharp chest pain or sudden shortness of breatii, lumps in die breast, sudden severe headache, dizziness or fainting, vision or speech disturbances, weakness or numbness in the arms or legp, severe abdominal pain, depression, or yellowing of die skin or eyes. 

D. the most common adverse reaction is a severe headache... 

Loss of speech or trouble talking or understanding language Sudden loss of vision Sudden severe headache... 

Tension-type headache (TTH) is the most common primary headache disorder. It is often underrepresented in clinical practice, as many patients do not present for care.6 The term tension-type headache is used to describe all headache syndromes in which muscle contraction is the most significant factor in the pathogenesis of pain. The 1-year prevalence of TTH in the population ranges from 30% to 90%.6 It is more common in adult females. Environmental factors, as opposed to genetic predisposition, play a more central role in their development. Tension-type headaches can be further divided into episodic or chronic the mean frequency of attacks is 3 days per month in episodic disorders, and chronic TTH is defined as 15 or more attacks in a 1-month period.7 The estimated prevalence of chronic TTH is less than 5%.6 Some researchers believe that chronic TTHs represent a continuum of headache severity with migraine headache.8 When severe headaches are difficult to differentiate clinically, treatment should initially target TTH. 

Following treatment of falciparum malaria, TW has remained well for 2 months. However, 2 days ago, he started developing fever and chills, nausea, and abdominal pain. When seen in the emergency department he has a fever of 38.4°C and complains of severe headache. Examinations of a thick and thin blood smear of the patient s blood identified P. vivax infection. TW received a course of chloroquine and primaquine. In a follow-up 2 weeks later, a repeat blood smear was negative for parasites and the patient was asymptomatic. 

Just as there is an adverse event form, there is usually a serious adverse event (SAE) form. Note here that serious as defined by the FDA is different from severe on the adverse event form. A patient can have a severe headache that may not be considered serious. The ICH guideline (also in ICH E3) entitled Clinical Safety Data Management Definitions and Standards for Expedited Reporting defines serious adverse events as follows ... 

The often severe headaches, common in caffeine withdrawal, appear to be caused by vasodilation of cerebral blood vessels. This action is probably mediated by the action of the methylxanthines on adenosine receptors. 

A 60-year-old male complains of severe headaches, nausea, dizziness, and a diminution in vision. He has a decrease in oxygen (02)-carrying capacity without a change in the Po2 of arterial blood. Which of the following might account for these findings ... 

A casualty with known exposure to carbon monoxide blood agents, who was initially unconscious but has regained consciousness or a casualty who shows neurological abnormalities such as dizziness, confusion, or hallucinations, has cardiac arrhythmias, bronchospasm or complains of severe headache, difficulty in breathing or chest pain. If available, breath measurement indicates that the blood carbon monoxide level exceeds 20%. 

Signs and Symptoms Symptoms include fever, severe headache, pain in the muscles (myalgia), cough, nervousness, nausea, and vomiting. A macular rash appears first on the trunk then spreads to the arms and legs. The rash does not appear on the palms of the hands, soles of the feet, or the face. Recovery may be prolonged. 

Vasopressin, alone or in combination with nitroglycerin, can no longer be recommended as first-line therapy for the management of variceal hemorrhage. Vasopressin causes nonselective vasoconstriction and can result in hypertension, severe headaches, coronary ischemia, myocardial infarction, and arrhythmias. 

Acute bloodstream infection Patients with underlying illness such as HIV, renal failure, and diabetes are affected by this type of the disease, which usually results in septic shock. The symptoms of the bloodstream infection vary depending on the site of original infection, but they generally include respiratory distress, severe headache, fever, diarrhea, development of pus-filled lesions on the skin, muscle tenderness, and disorientation. This is typically an infection of short duration, and abscesses will be found throughout the body. 

When I m out in public I have to avoid perfumes. Certain scents are overwhelming to me. My sinuses instantly begin to hurt, I get a severe headache and a nauseous feeling rushes over me. It s unbearable at times. 

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