title: [Acute headaches--when to treat immediately, when to wait].
abstract: Headaches are among the most frequently named symptoms in general practices. About 90% of the patients suffer from idiopathic headaches, for example, migraine or tension headaches, which are treated according to guidelines. An acute headache can however also be a symptom of a serious primary disease, such as subarachnoidal haemorrhage, arterial dissection, cerebral infarction, cerebral venous thrombosis or acute glaucoma. Patients with suspected symptomatic headaches must be immediately referred to a specialist or hospital for further diagnosis and therapy.
authors.affiliation: Marianne-Strauss-Klinik, Berg. walter.poellmann@ms-klinik.info
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Pöllmann
authors.forename: Stefanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Förderreuther
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006408:Hematoma, Subdural / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D006732:Horner Syndrome / Q000150:complications; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011247:Pregnancy; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012851:Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed