Screening Questionnaire of Headache
1
Severe and sudden headache that develops within seconds or minutes.
No
Yes
2
Neurological abnormal signs and symptoms, e.g. arm-leg weakness, sudden numbness on one side of the body, sudden trouble seeing, convulsion or fainting.
No
Yes
3
Fever with chills, sweating at night and unintentional weight loss.
No
Yes
4
An increase in headache severity or frequency.
No
Yes
5
Headache characteristics have been recently changed.
No
Yes
6
Headache develops while coughing, sneezing, bowel straining, exerting or changing positions.
No
Yes
7
First headache develops when aged over 65.
No
Yes
8
Medical history of cancer.
No
Yes
9
Medical history of being immunocompromised or using immunosuppressant agents.
No
Yes
10
Papilledema was found.
No
Yes
11
Headaches during pregnancy and postpartum.
No
Yes
12
Headache with autonomic abnormalities, e.g. red eye, watery eye, runny nose and drooping eyelid.
No
Yes
13
Posttraumatic onset of headache.
No
Yes
14
Painkiller overuse or new drug at onset of headache.
No
Yes
Reference:
- Do TP, RemmersA, Schytz HW, et al. Red and orange flags for secondary headaches in clinical practice: SNNOOP10 list. Neurology. 2019;92(3): 134-144.