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Severe headache is a symptom in which a person has great pain in his head. Severe headache is usually an emergency. Causes include meningitis, bleeding in the brain, trauma, brain tumors, etc.

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35 year experience in Pediatrics

Is a type of:

Headache

How long it usually lasts:

Short-term (lasts days to weeks)

How common it is:

Common

Body locations

Head

Is Symptom of

Aseptic meningitis
Condition
Stroke
Condition
Stroke in the brain
Condition
Eclampsia
Condition
Meningitis
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