Triage or not?
37+5 today and I've had a persistent headache since yesterday. It's not too bad when I'm upright but if I bend over/sneeze/cough I get a sharp pain across the left side of my head. Obviously the main concern is preeclampsia but I've been checking my blood pressure throughout the day and it's normal. I also seen my midwife last week and had no protein in my urine.
I feel silly ringing triage because I wouldn't say the headache is severe but at the same time it hasn't gone away with paracetamol and has lasted around 24 hours now. I've had heartburn/reflux the last couple of days and I'm getting random pains across my abdomen which aren't contractions as they're not increasing in intensity or frequency.
Any advice please?
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You sound quite concerned about your symptoms, it’s always better to get checked out than sit at home and worry.
At most they’ll give you advice over the phone but from what you’re saying they’re likely to get you to go in to be checked out.
Hope you feel better soon.
Do you have the healthier together app? Theres a bit on there about headaches and gives you advice on to call or not x
i had a hormone headache from around 38 weeks that did not go away and stayed until after i gave birth, i would ring and just ask there opinion if it’s not going away with paracetmol they may want to see you don’t feel silly i did and they were really reassuring.
They do say if it's been more then 48 hours then to get checked out. If you're blood pressure is fine and your vision isn't blurry and you have no swelling that's worse then normal it should be okay. But if it gets worse and doesn't go away with painkillers then I would get checked out. Are you prone to headaches before your pregnancy?.
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Triage or not?
37+5 today and I've had a persistent headache since yesterday. It's not too bad when I'm upright but if I bend over/sneeze/cough I get a sharp pain across the left side of my head. Obviously the main concern is preeclampsia but I've been checking my blood pressure throughout the day and it's normal. I also seen my midwife last week and had no protein in my urine.
I feel silly ringing triage because I wouldn't say the headache is severe but at the same time it hasn't gone away with paracetamol and has lasted around 24 hours now. I've had heartburn/reflux the last couple of days and I'm getting random pains across my abdomen which aren't contractions as they're not increasing in intensity or frequency.
Any advice please?
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