Intra-cranial
Symptoms: Fever, Stiff Neck, Myalgia, Impaired Consciousness, Seizures, Altered Mental State and Neurological Finding Present
Red Flags: Raised ICP - vomitting, pain worse in Valsalva (coughing, forced excretion), Papilledema
History: No previous history, the first most painful headache patient experienced
Meningitis
Hx: Headache increasing in severity, One-sided, Throbbing, Relieved by sleep, lasting a few hours
Symptom: Stiff Neck, Alterred Mental State, Photophobia, Vomitting
Sign: Kernig and Brudzinski, Jolt Accentuation of Headache, Ataxia
Cerebral Abscess
Sign: Focal Neurological Sign (CN Involvement, Paresis, Hemiplegia)
Encephalitis
Hx:
Symptom: Altered Mental State, Obtundation, Stupor, Confusion
Sign:
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