title: [Headache associated with hypertension from the internist's and neurologist's point of view (author's transl)].
abstract: In industrial countries the symptoms "headache" has an incidence of about 10%, and hypertension between 20 and 25%. Both terms are summary and may be pointers to and warning signals of the most varied disease processes. While, in malignant hypertensions, and pheochromocytoma, headache is a cardinal symptom, its causal connection with permanently raised blood pressure in the "benign" forms is viewed with scepticism. The observation that hypertensives frequently complain of headaches with a maximum intensity in the early hours of the morning is connected with the fall in blood pressure with accumulation of CO2 in shallow breathing. Headache as a symptom characteristic of hypertension is frequently only facultative in nature and must be classified among the series of symptoms of sequelae. But it offers a sufficient reason to institute a selective examination programme, especially as hypertension is still the most common cause of death even today.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000097:blood; D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000503:physiopathology; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004700:Endocrine System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006977:Hypertension, Renal / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011247:Pregnancy; D014653:Vascular Headaches / Q000503:physiopathology*
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide
vernacular_title: Der Hypertoniekopfschmerz aus intern-neurologischer Sicht