Take headaches seriously after 60

Almost everyone knows HeadacheIf these symptoms occur more frequently after the age of 60, they can be a precursor to a serious illness.

Many younger people in particular are familiar with regular, severe headaches. Migraine the cause or strong tension and Stress make triggerBoth are very unpleasant, but not really dangerous to your health and they usually subside with age. However, the situation is different if frequent recurring headaches occur or recur after the age of 60. They can be caused by vascular diseases in the head area, a tumor, meningitis or brain hemorrhage.

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These vascular diseases are caused by circulatory disorders, vascular constrictions (arteriosclerosis), caused by increased cholesterol, inflammation of the vessels or HypertensionTherefore, early Diagnosis so important. If the cause of the headache is not investigated, a possible vascular disease can quickly become Stroke with far-reaching consequential damage.

Symptoms of vascular headaches

How can vascular headaches be recognized? Firstly, they occur regularly or even daily. They can be accompanied by paralysis, sensory, visual or balance disorders. It is worrying if the headaches occur after a fall (for example due to a brain bruise) and are worse when lying down. It is particularly problematic if the headaches are accompanied by short-term memory problems, fever, vomiting, stiff neck and one-sided pain in the head. If this happens, the emergency doctor should be alerted quickly, as the probability of a burst brain vessel (aneurysm) is very high. This also applies to younger patients (assuming no known migraine).

The Headache know the cause

But even in old age, not everyone Headache, even strong and frequent ones, can lead to a stroke or aneurysm. Sometimes the cause is just poorly fitted glasses. With modern diagnostic equipment we have the opportunity to get to the bottom of the headache. So we check with the Color Doppler sonography of your neck and brain vessels and advise you in detail about options with a healthy Nutrition and lifestyle to protect their blood vessels. A compatible individual medication can also be used to prevent a dangerous mix of medications in the long term, which can also be considered a cause of the headaches. Paradoxically, painkillers taken for years prove to be a cause of severe headaches in old age. This particularly affects people who are on medication for several chronic illnesses and who take a cocktail of medications every day. Sometimes only a "detoxification cure" helps in this case. In principle, however, any illness can be the cause of frequent headaches, so a complete health check recommends.
In recent years, we have seen an increase in headaches caused by metabolic disorders. A typical example is the latent or manifest Hypothyroidism, which is usually the result of Hashimoto's thyroiditis This cause of headaches is often only discovered after the patient has suffered for a long time.