Pain is a common symptom of neurological disorders, but it is often confused with other disorders and can easily be missed or misdiagnosed, delaying optimal treatment. If there are always muscle twitches and irritating headaches recently, you should seek medical attention in time to rule out neurological disease factors.
1. Muscle twitching
On the surface, muscle twitches are related to the nervous system, but most of them are rooted in the musculoskeletal system. Overexcitation due to excessive fatigue and too much stress, which leads to muscle twitches. Muscle twitches caused by the nervous system are often accompanied by muscle weakness, muscle atrophy, and numbness.
2. Irritating headache
The sudden appearance of needle-like headaches makes people even afraid, worrying that a major disease is coming, but it is not. Needle-like headaches often occur in migraine patients and can be relieved with proper analgesic medication. If such headaches occur frequently, they need to be checked as soon as possible to see what the cause is.
3. Back pain worsens when sneezing, coughing or straining to defecate
If back pain persists or worsens, especially when sneezing, coughing, or straining to defecate, early medical attention is required, as this is caused by compression of the vertebrae, and is commonly caused by lumbar disc herniation or malignancy. It is worth reminding that no matter which part of the pain is persistent or slowly worsening, it should be examined as soon as possible.
4. Thunderbolt headache
A thunderclap headache always occurs in an instant, and the pain is intense. If the headache persists, accompanied by stiffness and nausea in the neck, it is also necessary to call 120 immediately to rule out the possibility of cerebral hemorrhage.
5. Numbness and tingling sensation
Numbness and tingling sensations are not the same, when lying down to compress the arm is easy to cause arm stinging, numbness is the body part of the body does not have any feeling of compression. The appearance of numbness and progressive weakness is most likely caused by compression of the brain, such as tumor compression. Mild stress or poor sleep quality can easily lead to tingling and numbness, but as long as adequate sleep is ensured, timely stress relief can be relieved.
6. Sudden tingling on the face
Sudden spike-like pain in the face, or caused by facial nerve abnormalities, can be as short as a few seconds or as long as ten minutes. This type of pain is generally related to stress, often occurring in the chin and cheeks, brushing teeth or washing the face when the pain is aggravated; if there is an electric shock-like pain, it is likely to be caused by trigeminal neuralgia, and it also requires active medication and surgery if necessary.
7. Headache when lying down
Pain increases after lying down, and tumor compression should be highly suspected, and its main feature is progressive and persistent headache. During sleep, he suddenly woke up from a headache, accompanied by vomiting, and needed to be examined as soon as possible.
8. There is a flash in the field of vision
Sudden flashes or jagged patterns in the field of vision, or dark spots glowing, are generally related to migraines, and there is no need to worry too much. If one or both eyes suddenly can't see clearly, there is a ghost in sight, or the eyes are black, this may be a stroke.
Tips
When there are the above symptoms, you can't always have a fluke mentality, but also need to choose a regular hospital for a comprehensive examination to see what is causing it, and then targeted treatment. In addition, we should pay more attention to rest, reasonably arrange work and work and rest, combine work and leisure, and not overwork, so as not to affect the nervous system. At the same time, it is also necessary to adjust the mood and eliminate the negative emotions in time.
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