| "body"> | | | | blood-supplying brain artery, or an infection like |
| You're sitting around at home, watching a | | | | meningitis...a condition that strikes many people, |
| program or getting something on the computer. | | | | sometimes during adolescence or in a collegiate |
| Perhaps you're at your desk hard at work, or | | | | setting. It could also be caused by the lack of |
| trying out the latest new dishes at your | | | | flow of spinal fluid to the brain due to a cyst or |
| restaurant of choice. Suddenly, like a bolt from | | | | some other blockage, among many other |
| the blue, it hits: a huge whopper of a severe | | | | reasons.In order to determine whether you are a |
| headache. It comes suddenly, and only gradually | | | | thunderclap headache sufferer, you should get |
| goes away - and during the time you've got it, | | | | medical help immediately if you experience one of |
| there's no question you feel its effects. This is | | | | these headaches. Go to the doctor and once |
| pain that is often described as the worst | | | | there, you'll likely be put through several potential |
| headache ever suffered. If you are experiencing | | | | tests, such as a spinal tap, or a CT scan that |
| these sorts of headaches, you're perhaps a | | | | X-rays the brain. Thunderclaps could be caused by |
| sufferer of a type known as a thunderclap | | | | a serious condition like a weakened blood vessel in |
| headache. The name is certainly appropriate, as | | | | the brain, or a hemorrhage. You could be |
| the onset of the affliction can be likened to a pop | | | | experiencing signs of a brain aneurysm. Such |
| of thunder from the sky. In a matter of a | | | | would be a life-or-death situation that you can't |
| minute, the pain reaches its peak intensity; these | | | | play around with - a significant reason why any |
| headaches might last anywhere from a few hours | | | | headache of this type should be dealt with by |
| to sometimes a week or more.So what might | | | | going to the hospital to seek immediate diagnosis |
| cause these headaches?? The reasons that these | | | | and treatment.If you're dealing with a thunderclap |
| headaches occur can be varies, and range from | | | | headache, it's a burden regardless of what the |
| less severe to life-threatening. A thunderclap can | | | | cause may be - but take these things very |
| strike for no particular given reason, and could be | | | | seriously and make sure everything is fine...don't |
| any number of things - such as a torn lining in a | | | | wait!!! |