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Scalp tenderness

Scalp tenderness: Introduction

Scalp tenderness: pain occurring on and around the scalp. See detailed information below for a list of 15 causes of Scalp tenderness, Symptom Checker, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Scalp tenderness: Symptom Checker

Listed below are some combinations of symptoms associated with Scalp tenderness, as listed in our database. Visit the Symptom Checker, to add and remove symptoms and research your condition.

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• Scalp tenderness and Scalp pain (9 causes)
• Scalp tenderness and Skin symptoms (9 causes)
• Scalp tenderness and Nerve symptoms (8 causes)
• Scalp tenderness and Sensory symptoms (8 causes)
• Scalp tenderness and Head symptoms (7 causes)
• Scalp tenderness and Skin problems (7 causes)
• Scalp tenderness and Sores (6 causes)
• Scalp tenderness and Pain (6 causes)
• Scalp tenderness and Sensations (6 causes)
• Scalp tenderness and Blisters (5 causes)
• Scalp tenderness and Skin lesion (5 causes)
• Scalp tenderness and Fatigue (5 causes)
• Scalp tenderness and Headache (5 causes)
• Scalp tenderness and Muscle weakness (5 causes)
• Scalp tenderness and Vision changes (5 causes)
• Scalp tenderness and Eczema (5 causes)
• Scalp tenderness and Itching skin (5 causes)
• Scalp tenderness and Skin color changes (5 causes)
• more...»

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Scalp tenderness Treatments

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Stories from Users for Scalp tenderness

Real-life user stories relating to Scalp tenderness:

• scalp is tender
• Tender to touch top left side of scalp
• Scalp tenderness above right ear.
• Sore, tender, puffy scalp?

Scalp tenderness: Animations

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Scalp tenderness: Comorbid Symptoms

Some of the comorbid or associated medical symptoms for Scalp tenderness may include these symptoms:

• Scalp pain
• Skin symptoms
• Nerve symptoms
• Sensory symptoms
• Head symptoms
• Skin problems
• Sores
• Pain
• more associated symptoms...»

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Causes of General Symptom Types

Research the causes of these more general types of symptom:

• Scalp symptoms (639 causes)
• Head symptoms (10192 causes)
• Pain symptoms (6458 causes)
• Sensory symptoms (7134 causes)
• Nerve symptoms (9132 causes)
• Neurological symptoms (9575 causes)
• Sensations (6520 causes)
• Brain symptoms (2787 causes)
• Common symptoms (8589 causes)
• Body symptoms (5672 causes)
• more symptoms...»

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• Scalp symptoms (639 causes)
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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Scalp tenderness

Research the causes of these symptoms that are similar to, or related to, the symptom Scalp tenderness:

• Giant cell arteritis
• Migraine (37 causes)
• Tension headache (7 causes)
• Cervical myelopathy
• Herpes zoster
• Cellulitis (28 causes)
• Brain tumour (14 causes)
• Contact dermatitis
• more symptoms...»

Scalp tenderness: Deaths

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Misdiagnosis and Scalp tenderness

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Detailed list of causes of Scalp tenderness

The list below shows some of the causes of Scalp tenderness mentioned in various sources:

• Basal cell carcinoma
• Brain tumour
• Cellulitis
• Cervical myelopathy
• Contact dermatitis
• Giant cell arteritis
• more causes...»

See full list of 15 causes of Scalp tenderness

How Common are these Causes of Scalp tenderness?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Scalp tenderness. Of the 15 causes of Scalp tenderness that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

• 1 causes are "very common" diseases
• 0 causes are "common" diseases
• 3 causes are "uncommon" diseases
• 0 causes are "rare" diseases
• 1 causes are "very rare" diseases
• 12 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 15 causes of Scalp tenderness

Conditions listing medical symptoms: Scalp tenderness:

The following list of conditions have 'Scalp tenderness' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

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• Temporal arteritis ... scalp tenderness

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Classifications of Scalp tenderness:

Medical Conditions associated with Scalp tenderness:

Scalp symptoms (639 causes), Head symptoms (10192 causes), Pain symptoms (6458 causes), Sensory symptoms (7134 causes), Nerve symptoms (9132 causes), Neurological symptoms (9575 causes), Sensations (6520 causes), Brain symptoms (2787 causes), Common symptoms (8589 causes), Body symptoms (5672 causes)

Symptoms related to Scalp tenderness:

Giant cell arteritis, Migraine (37 causes), Tension headache (7 causes), Cervical myelopathy, Herpes zoster, Cellulitis (28 causes), Brain tumour (14 causes), Contact dermatitis

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Evidence Based Medicine Research for Scalp tenderness

Medical research papers related to Scalp tenderness include:

• Diagnosis and management of headache in adults
• Polymyalgia rheumatica and giant-cell arteritis.
• I have a gentleman over 60yrs age with scalp tenderness but no headache or temporal tenderness and an ESR of 60, He also has proximal upper limb pain, How common is Temporal Arteritis WITHOUT heaache?
• Guidelines for all healthcare professionals in the diagnosis and management of migraine, tension-type, cluster and medication-overuse headache
• Management including investigation and treatment of patient with Amaurosis Fugax.
• Giant Cell Arteritis (Overview)
• Papilloedema
• Intracranial Epidural Abscess (Overview)

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