{"id":9365,"date":"2022-03-22T18:15:38","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T18:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/?p=9365"},"modified":"2022-03-22T19:48:53","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T19:48:53","slug":"signs-that-a-headache-is-more-than-a-headache","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/signs-that-a-headache-is-more-than-a-headache\/","title":{"rendered":"Signs That A Headache Is More Than A Headache"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1149197903.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9366 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1149197903-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1149197903-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1149197903-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1149197903-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1149197903-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1149197903-2048x1367.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1149197903-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Headaches are very common. They can be caused by a variety of reasons including eye or neck strain, \u00a0stress, strong smells, bright lights, infections, or high blood pressure.<\/p>\n<p>Typically, headaches are not indicative of a life-threatening emergency. \u00a0However, there are times when our bodies are trying to alert us to a problem requiring urgent medical attention.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few warning signs:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A sudden or very intense headache<\/li>\n<li>Changes in headache patterns<\/li>\n<li>Headaches following head injury<\/li>\n<li>Headaches that begin to occur regularly in those over the age of 50<\/li>\n<li>Headaches accompanied by speech and vision changes<\/li>\n<li>Headaches accompanied by a stiff neck and fever<\/li>\n<li>Headaches accompanied by redness and pain in the eyes<\/li>\n<li>Headaches accompanied by changes in behavior<\/li>\n<li>Headaches with nausea and vomiting<\/li>\n<li>Headaches that interrupt sleep<\/li>\n<li>Headaches that begin after sneezing, coughing or straining the body<\/li>\n<li>Headaches that worsen with movement<\/li>\n<li>Headaches that prevent normal day-to-day activities<\/li>\n<li>Headaches persisting for more than 24 hours<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These tell-tale symptoms should not be ignored as they are often associated with serious health conditions such as brain tumors, stroke, hemorrhaging, concussions, meningitis, or hypertensive crisis. See a doctor right away for immediate medical intervention as timely treatment can prevent further complications.<\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer\">All content of this newsletter is intended for general information purposes only and is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.  Please consult a medical professional before adopting any of the suggestions on this page.   You must never disregard professional medical advice or delay seeking medical treatment based upon any content of this newsletter.<strong>  PROMPTLY CONSULT YOUR PHYSICIAN OR CALL 911 IF YOU BELIEVE YOU HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY.<\/strong> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Headaches are very common. They can be caused by a variety of reasons including eye or neck strain, \u00a0stress, strong smells, bright lights, infections, or high blood pressure. Typically, headaches are not indicative of a life-threatening emergency. \u00a0However, there are &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/signs-that-a-headache-is-more-than-a-headache\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[520],"class_list":["post-9365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-health","tag-headaches"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9365"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9374,"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9365\/revisions\/9374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}