What illness causes headaches?

Conditions that might cause nonprimary chronic daily headaches include:

• Inflammation or other problems with the blood vessels in and around the brain, including stroke.
• Infections, such as meningitis.
• Intracranial pressure that’s either too high or too low.
• Brain tumor.
• Traumatic brain injury.

Are headaches a symptom of MS?

Headaches are a common cause of pain and discomfort in people with MS. It may even be an early sign that someone may have MS. A small 2016 study from Iran found that individuals with MS have headaches more frequently than those without this condition.

What causes muscle and joint pain and weakness?

Many health conditions can cause muscle weakness. Examples include: neuromuscular disorders, such as muscular dystrophies, multiple sclerosis (MS), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) autoimmune diseases, such as Graves’ disease, myasthenia gravis, and Guillain-Barré syndrome.

Where are MS headaches located?

Cluster headaches have been linked to MS lesions in the brainstem, especially in the part where the trigeminal nerve originates. 7 This is the nerve involved with trigeminal neuralgia—one of the most painful MS symptoms.

Which doctor is best for headache?

If you have severe headaches or accompanying symptoms that are disrupting your life, it might be a good idea to see a neurologist. Consider making an appointment with a neurologist if: Your headache is continuous for more than a day or two. Your headaches tend to come on suddenly.

What disease causes all your joints to hurt?

Acute pain in multiple joints is most often due to inflammation, gout, or the beginning or flare up of a chronic joint disorder. Chronic pain in multiple joints is usually due to osteoarthritis or an inflammatory disorder (such as rheumatoid arthritis) or, in children, juvenile idiopathic arthritis.