News & publications

CT scan for migraines in Marbella

Do I need a CT scan for my migraines? - CT scan for migraines in Marbella

12/11/2020

The CT scan uses X-rays and devices to render body pictures. Physicians may also also determine headaches and their triggers. You may need one if you have headaches every day or nearly every day, or if you have a sudden onset of serious headache. Doctors, however, can not detect migraines with the exam. In here you will learn when to get a CT scan for migraines in Marbella.

 

How Does a CT Scan Help?

The scan can allow your doctor to rule out other reasons of your pain, like:

  • A tumor of the brain
  • An infection of the brain, also known as an abscess
  • Accumulation of fluid in the brain, a condition known as hydrocephalus
  • Blockage of the sinus
  • Injury
  • A bulging, weakened portion of the artery of the brain, called an aneurysm, or bleeding in the brain

 

Do I need a brain scan?

If there are other signs, such as epileptic seizures, paralysis, or clinical changes in brain function, these signs can individually require a CT scan for migraines in Marbella.

There are three major conditions in which headache alone needs a brain scan:

  1. The so-called thunderclap headache, which is at its strongest as it starts and lasts for an hour or more. Getting this sort of headache means that you should go directly to emergency services and get a CT scan for migraines in Marbella on the day the pain begins: since this may be a sign of damage in or across the brain.
  2. If you have a form of cancer that can spread to the brain, then a brain scan is a good precaution. This involve breast, lung, kidney, thyroid, and melanoma.
  3. If the discomfort is caused by coughing, exercising, or a change in stance, this can mean that the fluid around the brain and spine is partially blocked, which demonstrates on an MRI scan.

Some reasons why your doctor would order a study?

  • Suddenly, you get the worst headache of your life.
  • Your headache frequency is abruptly increasing.
  • You're over 50, and you haven't had this kind of headache before.
  • You had a seizure when you had headache.
  • The pain began as you were getting a fever or other sickness.
  • Your headaches get stronger early in the morning, or you wake up from sleep.
  • You hear a weird "whooshing" or pulsating noise inside your head with a headache.
  • Your headaches began following a injury in the head.
  • Your headache is caused by exercise, sex, coughing, sneezing, or going to the toilet.
  • You have other symptoms with your headache that include fatigue, numbness, agitation, altered awareness, balance disorders, or speech disturbances.
  • You have other medical conditions, such as HIV or cancer.
  • Your headaches don't respond to drugs.
  • You're overwhelmed by anxiety or concern about your headaches.

 

CT scan for migraines in Marbella

You can get a CAT scan for migraines in Marbella at Helicopteros Sanitarios Hospital. Helicopteros Sanitarios Hospital is the very first hospital in Marbella to give our specialists and patients access to a brand-new diagnostic imaging service with the newest technologies.
We deliver the most sophisticated devices, such as Optima CT660, Signa Voyager MRI, 64-slice CT, digital radiography and ultrasound. Contact us for a consultation.