Raised Intra-Cranial Pressure

Raised Intracranial Pressure will cause headache. The brain is bathed by Cerebro Spinal Fluid (CSF). This is made by the choroid plexus, part of the support structure of the brain, and it drains into the arachnoid. It is normally under pressure of about 18 centimetres of water. If there are problems with the drainage of the CSF then the pressure rises. The headache of raised intracranial pressure characteristically is worse in the morning and centres at the front of the head. It is made worse by coughing or stooping.
 
 
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