Headache Symptoms That Suggest a Serious Underlying Disorder | |||
| Sudden-onset headache | |||
| First severe headache | |||
| “Worst” headache ever | |||
| Vomiting that precedes headache | |||
| Subacute worsening over days or weeks | |||
| Pain induced by bending, lifting, cough | |||
| Pain that disturbs sleep or presents immediately upon awakening | |||
| Known systemic illness | |||
| Onset after age 55 | |||
| Fever or unexplained systemic signs | |||
| Abnormal neurologic examination | |||
| Pain associated with local tenderness, e.g., region of temporal artery |