What are the symptoms of cerebral vasospasm?

The most common symptoms of cerebral vasospasm are dizziness and headache. If the patient's condition is more serious, he or she may also experience nausea, vomiting, palpitations, shortness of breath, tinnitus, etc.

1. Patients with cerebral vasospasm will feel dizzy

Dizziness may be persistent or paroxysmal, with the main manifestation being rotational vertigo. When dizziness occurs, the patient is afraid to move and must be bedridden, especially unable to move the head. In severe cases, it may be accompanied by nausea, severe vomiting, or tinnitus or tinnitus in the head, which is a persistent low-pitched tinnitus or tinnitus in the head, irritability and anxiety, or chest tightness, palpitations, shortness of breath, a sense of urgency to breathe, unclear mind, and affected thinking and memory.

2. Patients with cerebral vasospasm will have headaches

Persistent headache, dull pain in the head, pressure, heaviness, and some patients complain of a "tightening" feeling in the head. Most patients have headaches on both sides, mostly on the two temporal sides, occipital area, top of the head or the entire head. The nature of the headache is dull pain, distending pain, pressure, numbness and a band-like tight feeling. Most patients suffer from bilateral headaches, and the intensity of their headaches is generally mild or moderate. However, some patients may experience continuous headaches or headaches all day long. Headaches are often aggravated by factors such as excitement, anger, insomnia, anxiety or depression. Some patients also complain of temporal pulsating headache. Patients often have symptoms such as irritability, anxiety, palpitations, shortness of breath, fear, tinnitus, insomnia, back pain, and stiff neck.

3. Other symptoms of cerebral vasospasm

In the early stages of cerebral vasospasm, there may be symptoms such as nausea and vomiting, or there may also be symptoms such as tinnitus, palpitations and shortness of breath. These are all precursors to cerebral vasospasm. If you experience multiple symptoms at the same time, you should go to the hospital for medical treatment in time, especially young people who are under various pressures should pay more attention. The headache caused by cerebral vasospasm may be in the form of severe pain, tenderness, or swelling, heaviness, or pressure in the head. The manifestations vary, but abnormalities in the head indicate that cerebral vasospasm may have occurred.