So I was shocked when I ended up in the ER recently with a potentially life-threatening “thunderclap headache.” As a health writer for the past 25 years, this condition wasn’t even on my radar.

Learn about the prevalence, types, causes, and management of headaches from a distinguished professor in neurology.

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He focused on the primary warning sign—a sudden, severe "thunderclap" headache, graphically describing it as: "That's a 10 out of 10 headache that people describe feeling like they've been hit ...

· An abrupt, severe headache like a thunderclap. · Headache with fever, stiff neck, confusion, seizures, double vision, numbness or weakness in any part of the body, which could be a sign of a ...

Cluster headaches are called that because they appear in groups, each headache lasting from 15 minutes to a couple of hours. These might be far apart of close together and can last for days or longer.