Thunderclap Headache, A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions
By Kenneth Kee
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This book describes Thunderclap Headache, Diagnosis and Treatment and Related Diseases
A thunderclap headache is a very painful headache that happens suddenly, like a clap of thunder.
This type of headache achieves its most intense pain within 1 minute and persists at least 5 minutes.
Thunderclap headaches attack a person suddenly without any warning.
Some of these headaches are benign (not dangerous).
They can also be a sign of very serious underlying disorders that involve bleeding in and around the brain.
It is important to obtain medical attention immediately to exclude life-threatening causes of a thunderclap headache.
The International Headache Society describes a primary thunderclap headache as a high-intensity headache of abrupt start imitating that of a ruptured cerebral aneurysm, in the absence of any intracranial pathology.
This type of headache pain does not slowly build in intensity.
Instead, it is an extreme and very painful headache as soon as it begins.
In fact, it is often described as the worse headache of one’s life.
A thunderclap headache may be an indication of a disorder that can be life-threatening.
It may be related to some sort of bleeding in the brain.
It is essential that the patient seeks medical attention if the patient thinks the patient may be having one.
It may also have a benign cause that is not life-threatening but should still be evaluated immediately to find out what is causing it.
Primary TCH is infrequent and should not have the symptoms of misrepresented cognition and focal neurological deficits.
Around 75% of thunderclap headaches are indicated to be primary headaches.
This headache type is due to pain structures inside the brain.
At occasions the brain structures may become overactive or malfunction.
This causes a brain pain disorder with no underlying disorder.
A primary thunderclap can also be produced by chemical imbalances within the brain or even hereditary factors.
In the same way, lifestyle factors such as stress, certain foods, particular substances, changes in sleep patterns, or loss of sleep etc. can also activate them.
Secondary
The remainder 25% happens due to underlying causes or diseases that stimulate the pain sensors within the brain.
A secondary thunderclap can, hence, be serious and occasionally even life-threatening if not treated instantly.
Some causes of secondary thunderclap headaches are brain aneurysms, broken or damaged blood vessels in the brain, blood clots, concussion, and other physical injuries etc.
As the patient can see, when happening in secondary form, they possibly manifest greater immediate danger than primary headaches do.
Before making any conclusions, the patient can consult the doctor to receive an accurate diagnosis.
Once a doctor identifies what has happened, they will be in a position to provide a suitable treatment plan
These symptoms can be:
1. Severe headache pain that begins out of nowhere
2. Vomiting and nausea
3. Fainting
4. Feeling as if it is the worst possible headache the patient has ever had
5. Pain felt anywhere in the head
6. Headache pain such as the neck or lower back
After a physical evaluation and getting information about the symptoms, the doctor will normally begin with a CT scan.
CT scans will often be sufficient for the doctor to find the cause.
If necessary a lumbar puncture may be done for CSF tests
The treatments are directed on treating the cause of the headache.
Treatments may be:
1. Surgery to repair a tear or blockage
2. Medicines to control blood pressure
3. Pain medicines to regulate recurrent thunderclap headaches, mainly those that have a specific trigger
TABLE OF CONTENT
Introduction
Chapter 1 Thunderclap Headache
Chapter 2 Causes
Chapter 3 Symptoms
Kenneth Kee
Medical doctor since 1972.Started Kee Clinic in 1974 at 15 Holland Dr #03-102, relocated to 36 Holland Dr #01-10 in 2009.Did my M.Sc (Health Management ) in 1991 and Ph.D (Healthcare Administration) in 1993.Dr Kenneth Kee is still working as a family doctor at the age of 74However he has reduced his consultation hours to 3 hours in the morning and 2 hours inthe afternoon.He first started writing free blogs on medical disorders seen in the clinic in 2007 on http://kennethkee.blogspot.com.His purpose in writing these simple guides was for the health education of his patients which is also his dissertation for his Ph.D (Healthcare Administration). He then wrote an autobiography account of his journey as a medical student to family doctor on his other blog http://afamilydoctorstale.blogspot.comThis autobiography account “A Family Doctor’s Tale” was combined with his early “A Simple Guide to Medical Disorders” into a new Wordpress Blog “A Family Doctor’s Tale” on http://ken-med.com.From which many free articles from the blog was taken and put together into 1000 eBooks.He apologized for typos and spelling mistakes in his earlier books.He will endeavor to improve the writing in futures.Some people have complained that the simple guides are too simple.For their information they are made simple in order to educate the patients.The later books go into more details of medical disorders.He has published 1000 eBooks on various subjects on health, 1 autobiography of his medical journey, another on the autobiography of a Cancer survivor, 2 children stories and one how to study for his nephew and grand-daughter.The purpose of these simple guides is to educate patient on health disorders and not meant as textbooks.He does not do any night duty since 2000 ever since Dr Tan had his second stroke.His clinic is now relocated to the Buona Vista Community Centre.The 2 units of his original clinic are being demolished to make way for a new Shopping Mall.He is now doing some blogging and internet surfing (bulletin boards since the 1980's) startingwith the Apple computer and going to PC.The entire PC is upgraded by himself from XT to the present Pentium duo core.The present Intel i7 CPU is out of reach at the moment because the CPU is still expensive.He is also into DIY changing his own toilet cistern and other electric appliance.His hunger for knowledge has not abated and he is a lifelong learner.The children have all grown up and there are 2 grandchildren who are even more technically advanced than the grandfather where mobile phones are concerned.This book is taken from some of the many articles in his blog (now with 740 posts) A Family Doctor’s Tale.Dr Kee is the author of:"A Family Doctor's Tale""Life Lessons Learned From The Study And Practice Of Medicine""Case Notes From A Family Doctor"
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