Authors: Erik Rakhimov / Editor: Steve Corry-Bass / Reviewer: Raghaventhar Manikandan / Codes: GP9, NeuP2, SLO1, SuP7 / Published: 31/05/2022
A 27-year-old woman presents with a 3 month history of headache that is worse early in the morning and when straining. Coughing and blowing her nose makes her headache worse. Today she presented with three episodes of vomiting. She has had no visual symptoms and no trauma.
Past Medical History of obstructive sleep apnoea and acne vulgaris for which her GP prescribed doxycycline. She is also on the oral contraceptive pill. She smokes 1 pack of cigarettes over a week.
On examination her BMI is 30. Her systemic and neurological examination was normal apart from mild bilateral papilloedema on fundoscopy. She has normal visual fields.
Module Content
Non-traumatic Subarachnoid Haemorrhage
This session describes the management of presentations of non-traumatic subarachnoid haemorrhage in the ED.
Primary Headache
Acute, severe headache is a common symptom of patients presenting to the emergency department. In 90% of cases, the cause will be one of the primary headache syndromes.
PEM Headaches
Headaches are one of the most common presentations to the ED and may be primary or secondary. We want to help you differentiate between those benign ones that just require simple analgesia and reassurance, and those that require further investigation.
11 Comments
Found this very useful and concisely informative
Very useful & informative
vit A tabs for acne treatment has also been long linked with intracrainal htn. very informative i must say.Thanks
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Concised approach ,thanks
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