Category: Vascular
Keywords: Hypertension, Headache (PubMed Search)
Posted: 10/6/2008 by Rob Rogers, MD
(Updated: 12/4/2024)
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Does Hypertension (elevated BP) Cause Headache?
This is an age old question that many of us have struggled with in the ED for many years...
Other questions include: Does elevated BP cause headaches? Do we need to scan hypertensive patients with headache just because they have a headache? At what level of BP does the BP actually cause headache?
A few quick pearls: