The first symptom of cervicogenic headache is headache.
This kind of headache is often a pulling pain, and the pain that occurs unconsciously may be a part at the beginning, with slight pain in the back of the occipital and back of the ears, and gradually develop to the top of the head, temporal, and even eye sockets and face after the disease progresses, and at this time, the patient begins to be vigilant.
Because of the mild symptoms at the beginning, most people think that it is stiff neck, or it is uncomfortable with a cold, and no one pays attention to it, but when the disease spreads to the whole head, it often attacks, and the frequency is getting higher and higher, and the patient will go to the doctor.
Cervicogenic headaches generally have the following characteristics:
First, the onset of intermittent onset is not pain every day, some people have a high frequency of attacks, and some people have a low frequency of attacks.
Second, it is rarely progressively aggravated, and even some people have headaches for decades, and the pain level is not particularly aggravated, and the headache is almost the same every time, so it is often easy for patients to ignore and feel that it doesn't matter, after 10 or 20 years, the pain is really unbearable, and it is so aggravated that it is unbearable to come to the doctor.
There was once an 80-year-old lady who had a headache for 60 years without seeing a doctor, and when she came to see a doctor at the age of 80, she was immediately diagnosed with cervicogenic headache, and she was given an injection, she said that if she knew earlier, she was cured 60 years ago, and I would not have pain in my life, but I only came to see a doctor after a lifetime of pain, which is a great misunderstanding that does not attach great importance to health.
However, if it is a head disease, such as a brain tumor, if it is not treated, and after a few years, intracranial hypertension will occur, and soon the nerve will be compressed, blind, paralyzed, or the whole body will have convulsions, then he will definitely see a doctor, because these signals are too strong.
Cervicogenic headache is because its symptoms are relatively mild, and it is painful but not serious, so it will be ignored. However, from a health point of view, it is everyone's responsibility to pay attention to health, doctors are responsible, and patients themselves are also responsible, so if you have symptoms, you should see a doctor in time, and don't deal with it casually or delay your condition.
Resources:
Medical Microvision Official Website - Liu Yanqing, Chief Physician "Cervicogenic Headache"
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