More than 50% of patients who present to the emergency department (ED) with thunderclap headache (TCH), which often signals an underlying serious or life-threatening condition, are inadequately ...

Did you ever feel like you were experiencing the "worst headache of your life"? If that has happened, then it could probably be a thunderclap headache, characterised by a sudden, extremely severe ...

Even for those with severe headache disorders, having the worst headache of your life can be a frightening experience. In medical school, we are taught that the worst headache of a person’s life is a ...

A person may experience intense thunderclap headaches if a brain aneurysm fully ruptures. These last for at least 5 minutes, although they usually peak within 30 seconds. A brain aneurysm is a ...

A 34-year-old man ate a Carolina Reaper, the hottest chile pepper on earth, and developed what’s known as a “thunderclap headache.” It was the headache heard ‘round the world. Media outlets from Today ...

A neurosurgeon highlighted two critical headache symptoms to watch for: sudden, intense 'thunderclap' pain and headaches that are unusually long-lasting. These could signal serious conditions like ...

A sentinel headache is a sudden, very strong headache that comes on without warning. It usually precedes a stroke or other type of brain bleed. A sentinel headache is a sudden, intense headache. It ...

There’s only one problem: The authors may have been too quick to pin the blame on the Carolina Reaper. Other experts in the field of neurology and headache research say that there’s no clear evidence ...