Nausea and headache

Such symptoms familiar to all, like headache and nausea, are frequent manifestations of various diseases and pathological conditions. They can be joined by other symptoms, which makes it possible to simplify the diagnosis somewhat. In any case, in order to get rid of them, you should contact the specialist as soon as possible and find out the reason for their occurrence.

Possible causes of nausea and headache

Let's consider the most probable and widespread reasons causing occurrence of the given signs:

  1. Trauma to the head - this provokes an increase in intracranial pressure, the development of cerebral edema, the formation of a hematoma, which leads to severe headache and nausea, as well as symptoms such as dizziness, vomiting, etc.
  2. Stress, severe fatigue - these factors also often lead to the appearance of these symptoms.
  3. Frequent or persistent headaches and nausea may indicate a dangerous pathology, such as a brain tumor. In this case, nausea and vomiting are often observed in the morning, as well as signs such as impaired vision, loss of balance, and permanent weakness. Identical symptoms can be with a hematoma and an abscess of the brain.
  4. Migraine - this disease is characterized by bouts of unbearable headache, accompanied by nausea, weakness, vomiting, light and sound, irritability, etc. The duration of an attack depends on the degree of disturbance of blood circulation in the brain and can range from several hours to several days.
  5. Meningitis is an infectious disease in which inflammation of the spinal cord and brain membranes occurs, manifested by nausea, high body temperature, headache, chills, the appearance of dark spots on the body. There are acute painful sensations when trying to bring the head to the chest or to unbend legs in the knees.
  6. Arterial hypertension - this disease, in which there is a persistent increase in blood pressure, accompanied by symptoms such as headache (especially in the occipital part), "flies" before the eyes, tinnitus. Nausea, dyspnea, redness of the skin can accompany these manifestations.
  7. Lyme disease is a disease of an infectious nature that is transmitted by ixodic mites and affects the joints, nervous and cardiovascular systems, has the following early symptoms: headaches, fatigue, fever, nausea, dizziness, and a characteristic skin rash.
  8. Food, alcohol poisoning, hypersensitivity to medicines are not uncommon causes of headache, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea.

Nausea and headache - diagnosis and treatment

To determine the causes of headache and nausea, you should undergo a medical examination. Laboratory and instrumental methods of investigation in the presence of such symptoms may include:

In severe cases, all surveys may require inpatient hospitalization. Until the true cause of these phenomena is determined, symptomatic therapy may be prescribed to alleviate the condition.

In the future, after receiving the results of diagnostic studies, adequate therapy will be prescribed. Depending on the nature and severity of the pathology, the doctor may prescribe an operative or conservative method of treatment.