The neurologist called the signs of a headache requiring an ambulance

Natalya Kadymova, Candidate of Medical Sciences, neurologist at the Academician Alexander Wein Clinic for Headache and Autonomic Disorders, told on Wednesday, July 22, which signs of headache require calling an ambulance.

The neurologist emphasized that a doctor should be called if the headache occurred suddenly and quickly reached its maximum intensity. Kadymova added that an ambulance should be called if the headache is accompanied by weakness in the arm or leg, facial distortion, speech disorders, unusual or prolonged aura, and if the usual medications do not help to cope with the pain. These symptoms can indicate both a migraine and a stroke, the doctor explained.

Kadymova also advised those who have headaches at least four times a month, as well as if a person has headaches accompanied by vomiting, to seek medical advice. She said that the role of a special protein released from the trigeminal nerve during pain has recently been discovered. It's called calcitonin gene-related peptide, or CGRP.

"Special drugs have been created against him — monoclonal antibodies and hepants. This is already a therapy that was specially created for the treatment of migraines," the doctor explained in a conversation with Lenta.Ru .

It's better to treat: strokes and heart attacks are not only found in the elderly

Doctors told how overweight, smoking, physical inactivity and poor sleep trigger vascular disasters.

Earlier in the day, Natalia Koryavtseva, a neurologist, medical expert at the ORBI Stroke Foundation, and a member of the All-Russian Society of Neurology, told Izvestia that according to international data, the proportion of strokes in people under 50 is about 10-15% of all cases.

She clarified that in the 18-49 age group in different countries over the past decades, the incidence of ischemic stroke has increased by about 20-40%, according to various estimates, especially at the expense of the 35-49 age group. As for Russian practice, patients aged 35-45 are no longer uncommon in vascular departments, the doctor added.

In turn, specialists from the Moscow Regional Scientific Research Clinical Institute named after M. F. Vladimirsky (MONICA) recalled that stroke is an acute violation of cerebral circulation, in which every minute counts. 360.ru . The sooner a person receives medical care, the more likely it is to save their life and avoid serious complications, writes RIAMO.