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What Causes Severe Headache Followed By Memory Loss?

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Posted on Fri, 23 Jan 2015
Question: I had a sudden extremely bad headache 5 nights ago, when I woke up next morning I keep calling family and friends the wrong name mixing names up. Do you think my headache caused this
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Answered by Dr. Srikanth Reddy (2 hours later)
Brief Answer:
Better to get investigated

Detailed Answer:
Hello,

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I have gone through your question in detail and I can understand what you are going through.

At the age of 59 years, a severe headache followed by a confusional state the next day morning arises suspicion of an organic cause for the same. Nothing to panic but it would be wise to get investigated ones for a possibility of a minor stroke. A stroke can present with headache followed by such confusional periods where naming becomes difficult.

Do see your physician and get a Ct scan or MRI brain done.

Hope I am able to answer your concerns.
If you have any further query, I would be glad to help you.
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Wish you good health,
Kind regards
Dr. Srikanth Reddy M.D.
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What Causes Severe Headache Followed By Memory Loss?

Brief Answer: Better to get investigated Detailed Answer: Hello, Thanks for choosing health care magic for posting your query. I have gone through your question in detail and I can understand what you are going through. At the age of 59 years, a severe headache followed by a confusional state the next day morning arises suspicion of an organic cause for the same. Nothing to panic but it would be wise to get investigated ones for a possibility of a minor stroke. A stroke can present with headache followed by such confusional periods where naming becomes difficult. Do see your physician and get a Ct scan or MRI brain done. Hope I am able to answer your concerns. If you have any further query, I would be glad to help you. If not, you may close the discussion and if possible you may rate the answer for me, so that I get a good feedback. In future if you wish to contact me directly, you can use the below mentioned link: bit.ly/dr-srikanth-reddy Wish you good health, Kind regards Dr. Srikanth Reddy M.D.