Diagnosis of the headache can be established according to:
1. Headache description: lasting, beginning, frequency, localization, provocative factors, additional symptoms…
2. Clinical examination: neurological status, blood pressure, eye pressure, eye bottom…
3. Blood analyses: blood count, sedimentation, creatinin, urea, Ca, K and Na ions, thyroxin, TSH, glucose…
4. X-ray of the sinuses, and
5. MRI/CT scans of the head and lumbar punition.
You may want to consult your GP first and other specialists (ENT, neurologist…) if necessary.
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