Symtoms

Question 1

4 life-threatening causes of head-ache?

Answer 1

4 Ss:
Stroke
Sepsis (meningitis, abscess, encephalitis, cerebral malaria)
Subarach
Space occupying lesion (tumour)

Venous thrombosis
Glaukoma
Giant cell arteritis

Question 2

Why do a complementary clinical testing for meingism (like Kernigs sign)

Answer 2

Any other neck pathology like adenopathy could cause neck stiffness but not meningism

Question 3

Which patients may not develop neck stiffness?

Answer 3

Immunosupprimised

Patients on steroids (no inflammation)

Question 4

Red flags in headache? (5)

Answer 4

New onset
Acute onset
Worse than ever
Wakens from sleep
Progressive