Psychogenic Polydipsia: The Result, or Cause of, Deteriorating Psychotic Symptoms? A Case Report of the Consequences of Water Intoxication by Melissa Gill, MacDara McCauley

“…Consequences can involve headaches, behavioural changes, muscular weakness, twitching, vomiting, confusion, irritability, drowsiness, and seizures. …”
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Symptomatic Pneumocephalus Associated with Lumbar Dural Tear and Reverse Trendelenburg Positioning: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Stephen M. Pirris, Eric W. Nottmeier

“…If postoperative patients complain of severe headaches or display a focal cranial neurologic deficit, then a computed tomography (CT) scan of the brain should be ordered and evaluated. …”
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Resolution of Refractory Status Epilepticus With Ketamine Without Intubation in a Patient With Stroke-Like Migraine Attacks After Radiation Therapy (SMART) Syndrome by Kyle N. Kaneko, Pablo Read, John M. Eaton, Yoshie Umemura, Justin L. Hoskin

“…Stroke-like migraine attacks after radiation therapy (SMART) syndrome is an infrequently reported complication arising years after radiation therapy that manifests as a reversible syndrome marked by migraine-like headaches, focal neurologic signs, and/or seizures. …”
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Cooled Radiofrequency Ablation for Bilateral Greater Occipital Neuralgia by Tiffany Vu, Akhil Chhatre

“…In this case, a 35-year-old female with a 2.5-year history of chronic suboccipital bilateral headaches, described as constant, burning, and pulsating pain that started at the suboccipital region and radiated into her vertex. …”
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Normalization of Bilateral Adrenal Gland Enlargement after Treatment for Cryptococcosis by Yuka Muraoka, Shintaro Iwama, Hiroshi Arima

“…We report the case of 24-year-old man with fevers, headaches, and impaired consciousness who had been treated with glucocorticoids for a protein-losing gastroenteropathy. …”
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Rheumatoid Meningoencephalitis: A Feared Condition in the Era of TNF Blockers by Fernando Figueroa Rodriguez, Kwon Minkyung, Sruthi Jinna, Sohail Farshad, Francisco Davila

“…We present a case of rheumatoid meningoencephalitis (RME) in a 52-year-old male with a history of RA on adalimumab who presented with headaches associated with motor and sensory deficits, all of which resolved after this diagnosis was achieved and received appropriate therapy with high-dose glucocorticoids. …”
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Aseptic Meningitis as an Immune-Related Adverse Event after Pembrolizumab by Gian Lima, Adriana Kahn, Shashank Sama, Jacqueline Savage

“…A 55-year-old male with a history of metastatic lung adenocarcinoma previously treated with pembrolizumab presented with persistent severe headaches and photophobia. Subsequent workup with cerebrospinal fluid analysis showed elevated opening pressure, increased nucleated cells with 30% lymphocytes, elevated protein levels, and normal glucose levels. …”
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What was the cause of Friedrich Nietzsche's illness? by E. Žilinskas

“…Since childhood, Nietzsche suffered from severe headaches, and at the age of thirty he became blind in his right eye. …”
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Using Health Utility Index (HUI) for Measuring the Impact on Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQL) Among Individuals with Chronic Diseases by Frank Mo, Bernard C.K. Choi, Felix C.K. Li, Joav Merrick

“…Food allergy, allergy other than food, asthma, migraine headaches, and other remaining chronic diseases have a relatively mild effect. …”
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Central nervous system involvement in Whipple's disease: Report of a rare pathological entity and comparative review of treatment strategies and outcomes by Moustafa A. Mansour, MD, MSc, MPhil, Reem W. Malaeb, BS, Islam E. Elnemr, MD, Mohamed Abdel-Fattah El-Salamoni, MD, Hamdi Nabawi Mostafa, MD, Zarina Ahmadi, MD

“…This case report details a 46-year-old man presenting with a constellation of symptoms including fatigue, hypersomnia, weight loss, bifrontal headaches, abdominal pain, treatment-unresponsive diarrhea, and skin hyperpigmentation. …”
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A Rare Occurrence of Isolated Brain Metastases from Gastric Cancer by Manish M. Karamchandani, Tej Ganti, Sunny Jaiswal, Julian K. Wu, Muhammad Wasif Saif

“…One year after chemotherapy and surgical resection of his gastric cancer, he presented with headaches, nausea, dizziness, and photophobia. Further evaluation of these symptoms led to the discovery of three metastatic brain lesions without evidence of extracranial metastases. …”
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Pathology and Treatment of Traumatic Cervical Spine Syndrome: Whiplash Injury by Nobuhiro Tanaka, Kivanc Atesok, Kazuyoshi Nakanishi, Naosuke Kamei, Toshio Nakamae, Shinji Kotaka, Nobuo Adachi

“…These guidelines were in accordance with the stated clinical isolated or combined symptoms of the syndrome: neck pain, headaches, dizziness, numbness of head or face, eye pain, vision loss, double vision, tinnitus, hearing loss, nausea, and numbness and/or weakness of extremities. …”
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Cerebrospinal fluid leak-associated ventriculitis – a case report by Amir Waheed, Faryal Amir

“…We present a case of a 74-year-old woman with headaches, pyrexia and intermittent right-sided otorrhoea and rhinorrhoea. …”
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Non-trivial uses of melatonin: Its effects on sleep, jet lag, obesity, migraine, and gastrointestinal disorders by Jakub Wirkijowski, Małgorzata Wirkijowska, Jolanta Mędyk, Yauheniya Patarocha, Michał Rogulski, Aleksandra Ślusarska, Paulina Błasiak, Patryk Mikołajec, Ruslan Huk, Barbara Bilecka

“…Its eventual effects on headaches, gastrointestinal complaints, or obesity were analyzed. …”
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Âge à la ménopause naturelle à Marrakech (Maroc) et prévalence des symptômes du climatère by Mohamed Loukid, Mohamed Kamal Hilali, Cristina Bernis

“…With regard to menopausal symptoms, the most frequent complaints are joint pain (90%), headaches (86%), and fatigue (83%). They are followed by hot flashes and problems of sexuality reported respectively by 73% and 72% of women. …”
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Listeria monocytogenes Meningoencephalitis and Cerebral Abscess in a Heart Transplant Recipient by Paul C. Adjei

“…A 54-year-old male, five months postorthotopic heart transplantation, presented with intermittent fevers, headaches, and “soupy” stools. Prior to presentation, he had low-level cytomegalovirus (CMV) viremia for two straight weeks. …”
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When the Stomach Pain Is Literally “In Your Head” by D. Jakubauskas, M. Sarafinaitė, R. Mameniškienė

“…We present the clinical case of a 67-year-old female patient who was investigated at the Gastroenterology Department for a sharp pain in the left side of the abdomen, frequent abdominal distension and gurgles, diarrhoeal episodes, weight loss, paroxysmal hallucinations, and headaches. After a thorough gastroenterological examination, consultations with a psychiatrist and a neurologist, an MRI and an EEG were performed and the patient was diagnosed with focal temporal lobe epilepsy. …”
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Concomitant pheochromocytoma and hyperaldosteronism in a 47-year-old man: a case report by Fatemeh Majidi, Ali Shabbak, Shadi Nazarizadeh, Aryan Madady

“…Case presentation This case report describes a 47-year-old Iranian man who initially presented with cold symptoms, chills, and headaches. Despite being diagnosed with panic disorder, his symptoms worsened, leading to a systolic blood pressure crisis. …”
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Chest Pain: The Need to Consider Less Frequent Diagnosis by Pedro Magalhães, Anabela Morais, Sofia Carvalho, Joana Cunha, Ana R. Lima, J. Ilídio Moreira, Trigo Faria

“…Over a few months, his symptoms continued to recur periodically, his hypertension was aggravated, and he developed headaches and lower limbs claudication. After a temporal artery biopsy that was negative for vasculitis, he underwent a positron emission tomography suggestive of Takayasu Arteritis. …”
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Diagnostic and Treatment-Related Challenges in Sinonasal Teratocarcinosarcoma: A Report of Three Cases by W. F. Julius Scheurleer, Weibel W. Braunius, Bernard M. Tijink, Luuk M. Janssen, Frank A. Pameijer, Gerben E. Breimer, Ernst J. Smid, Remco de Bree, Lot A. Devriese, Johannes A. Rijken

“…Patients presented with nasal obstruction, epistaxis, headaches, or behavioral changes. All three patients had locally advanced disease, and one had lymph node metastases. …”
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