pain in the head, caused by dilation of cerebral arteries, muscle contraction, insufficient oxygen in the cerebral blood, reaction to drugs, etc
Technical name: cephalalgia
2. informal
any cause of worry, difficulty, or annoyance
Examples of 'cephalalgia' in a sentence
cephalalgia
These symptoms are systemic symptoms such as cephalalgia, drowsiness, crisis and ataxy.
Mustafa Yilmaz 2014, 'Are the Intracranial Lipomas Always Asymptomatic?', Journal of Clinical and Analytical Medicinehttp://www.jcam.com.tr/files/JCAM-2692.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
All cases presented a nasal obstruction and hyposmia, and in one case cephalalgia.
Carmelo Saraniti 2018, 'SINONASAL RESPIRATORY EPITHELIAL ADENOMATOID HAMARTOMA: A REPORT ON THREE CASES.',Euromediterranean Biomedical Journalhttp://www.embj.org/joomla335/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=340:sinonasal-respiratory-epithelial-hamartoma&Itemid=17. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Of the 136 cases, 87% showed erythema, edema, hemorrhage, burns, cephalalgia, and intense pain.
Irene Knysak, Rosana Martins, Carlos R. Bertim 1998, 'Epidemiological aspects of centipede (Scolopendromorphae: Chilopoda) bites registeredin Greater S. Paulo, SP, Brazil', Revista de Saúde Públicahttp://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89101998000600003&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
There have been no published reports of giant cell arteritis presenting as a trigeminal autonomic cephalalgia.
Jennifer L. Beams, Todd D. Rozen 2011, 'Paroxysmal hemicrania as the clinical presentation of giant cell arteritis', Clinics and Practicehttps://www.clinicsandpractice.org/index.php/cp/article/view/255. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Therefore, we speculate a possibility of osteomalacia of the skull for the generation of headache (osteomalacic cephalalgia?).
Sanjay Prakash, Manoj Kumar, Pooja Belani, Asish Susvirkar, Sunil Ahuja 2013, 'Interrelationships between chronic tension-type headache, musculoskeletal pain, andvitamin D deficiency: Is osteomalacia responsible for both headache and musculoskeletalpain?', Annals of Indian Academy of Neurologyhttp://www.annalsofian.org/article.asp?issn=0972-2327;year=2013;volume=16;issue=4;spage=650;epage=658;aulast=Prakash. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Most patients had fever, asthenia, myalgias or cephalalgia, with at least one additional abnormal clinical feature.
Felipe Schelotto, Elba Hernández, Sabina González, Alicia Del Monte, Silvana Ifran,Karina Flores, Lorena Pardo, Daniel Parada, Mercedes Filippini, Victoria Balseiro,Juan Pablo Geymonat, Gustavo Varela 2012, 'A ten-year follow-up of human leptospirosis in Uruguay: an unresolved health problem',Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulohttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652012000200003&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)