Headache-Meningeal Infection
From Expert System: Headache
Any inflammation of the meninges, the thin layers of tissue covering the brain and spinal cord can cause moderate to severe headache, usually in a frontal or generalized distribution. A mild form of stiff neck with headache, sometimes confused with meningitis, ("meningismus") may occur in the course of systemic viral infections, but if fever is greater than 101, the neck is severly stiff, and there are neurological symptoms, the likelihood of a meningitis requiring treatment is increased.
Another cause of meningeal-type headache is irritation due to a type of stroke which can include any bleed occurring on the surface of the brain (subarachnoid hemorrhage), or other serious events such as thrombosis or bleeding in the brain extending to the outer surface of the organ. We have classified this group under the diagnosis "stroke."
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