Cephalalgia

Introduction: Cephalalgia

Description of Cephalalgia

Cephalalgia (medical condition): Almost everyone gets an occasional headache and they are usually harmless. On the other hand, headache is a symptom of numerous conditions ranging from common cold, flu, or a hangover to very severe conditions such as meningitis, stroke, or ...more

Cephalalgia: See also:

Headache:
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Cephalalgia: headache.

Cephalalgia: Avoid the colloquial abridgment cephalgia. SYN: headache. [cephal- + G. algos, pain]
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Cephalalgia: pain in the head caused by dilation of cerebral arteries or muscle contractions or a reaction to drugs.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Cephalalgia as a Disease

Cephalalgia: Another name for Headache (or close medical condition association).
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Cephalalgia: Related Diseases

Cephalalgia: Cephalalgia is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Pain
• Head Conditions

Causes of Cephalalgia

Some of the causes of Cephalalgia are included in the list below:

• See also causes of symptom headache
• Infection
  • Common cold
  • Flu
  • Fever - headaches are common with fever from any type of infection

See full list of 1433 causes of Cephalalgia (Headache)

Symptoms of Cephalalgia (Headache)

Some of the symptoms of Cephalalgia incude:

• Confusion
• Memory problems
• Headaches
• Vision problems
• Headache associated with specific symptoms may warrant urgent medical attention, particularly sudden, severe headache or sudden headache associated with a stiff neck; headaches associated with fever, convulsions or accompanied by confusion or loss of consciousness; headaches following a blow to the head, or associated with pain in the eye or ear; persistent headache in a person with no previous history of headaches; and recurring headache in children

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Treatments for Cephalalgia (Headache)

Treatments for Cephalalgia (Headache) include:

• Aspirin
• Acetaminophen
• Ibuprofen
• Paracetamol
• Biofeedback

See full list of 12 treatments for Cephalalgia

Treatment of Cephalalgia: For more treatment information about Cephalalgia, see treatment of Headache (Cephalalgia)

Cephalalgia: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Cephalalgia:

• classic migraine
• cluster headache
• aura
• dizziness
• tinnitus
• scotomas
• photophobia
• visual scintillations
• bright zigzag lines
• migraine with aura
• migraine without aura
• dopamine receptor hypersensitivity
• visual aura
• fortification spectra
• geometric visual patterns
• hemianopsia
• blind spots
• hallucinations

Terms associated with Cephalalgia:

Terms Similar to Cephalalgia:

• headache
• head ache

Source - WordNet 2.1

More specific terms for Cephalalgia:

• histamine headache
• cluster headache
• migraine
• megrim
• sick headache
• hemicrania
• sick headache
• sinus headache
• tension headache

Source - WordNet 2.1

Broader terms for Cephalalgia

• ache
• aching

Source - WordNet 2.1

The following terms can be used for Cephalalgia

• headache

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Cephalalgia

The following list attempts to classify Cephalalgia into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• ache,aching
• hurting,pain
• symptom
• evidence,grounds
• information
• cognition,knowledge,noesis
• psychological feature

Source: WordNet 2.1

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