Bloated head

Introduction Head swelling is a kind of self-feeling of the patient. The patient often feels that the head is inflated and uncomfortable, and the severe person feels that the swelling is as cracked. Exogenous internal injuries can be caused. The external feeling is mostly caused by damp heat and steaming. The prevention of head swelling is mainly to adjust the state of life, to maintain a good mood, adequate sleep and proper relaxation. Some aerobic exercise and outdoor exercise can reduce the occurrence of head dizziness and dizziness. Diet should pay attention to a light and nutritious diet, and quit smoking and alcohol. Finally, pay attention to regular checkups and check for changes in blood pressure and other conditions. If you find intracranial disease, actively symptomatic treatment.

Cause

Exogenous internal injuries can be caused. Exogenous sensation is mostly caused by dampness and heat, and internal injuries are often caused by liver fire.

Common diseases that cause head swelling include a sharp rise in blood pressure, fever caused by infection, etc., which can cause the patient to voluntarily swell and headache. When the patient is not well rested, the mental stress is high, the mood is fluctuating, etc., it will cause head swelling. In addition, the head should be alert to intracranial lesions, such as intracranial infections, hemangioma, cerebral hemorrhage or other space-occupying diseases.

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Blood pressure brain CT examination

When the patient consciously swells, he should actively improve the relevant examinations to clarify the cause of head swelling. The first is to exclude factors such as high pressure and poor rest, followed by checking blood pressure, blood sugar, blood coagulation and other related tests, and eliminating diseases caused by factors such as elevated blood pressure. Finally, improve the examination of the skull, including head CT and MRI, to rule out brain diseases.

Differential diagnosis

Head weight:

It is a kind of self-conscious symptom of heavy head, commonly known as "head sinking." Clinically, the first serious illness is often associated with headache and dizziness. It may be the cause of fatigue or mental condition. It may also be a brain-like lesion. Such as cerebral infarction, brain tumor, cerebrovascular malformation and so on. Menopausal syndrome, tension headaches also have the above symptoms.

Dizziness:

It means that the mind is groggy, dizzy, the brain is not awake, and the feeling of work is getting lower and lower. Severe dizziness, eyes on Venus, dizziness, top-heavy, often accompanied by irritability, nausea, nausea.

dizziness:

It is a common brain functional disorder and one of the common clinical symptoms. It is a feeling of dizziness, head swelling, top-heavy, shaking in the brain, and squinting. For patients with dizziness, detailed medical history and comprehensive physical examination should be performed. If necessary, hearing examination, vestibular function examination, fundus examination should be performed, and cerebrospinal fluid examination, cranial or cervical X-ray photography, electrocardiogram, and EEG should be appropriately selected. And brain CT scan to find out the cause.

headache:

It is one of the most common symptoms in the clinic. It is common in various departments, especially in nervous system diseases. The cause is very complicated. The incidence rate is high. Almost 90% of the people in the population have headaches in their lifetime. Some people call headaches a common disease after the cold. In fact, headache is a symptom, not a disease. Headache generally refers to the pain in the front above the eyebrows, above the lower back of the pillow, that is, in the upper part of the skull.

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