I don’t think I know anyone who can say they’ve never had a headache.  And some have them often enough that they’re given about as much attention as a hiccup or a sneeze.  But sometimes, a headache can be more than a headache.

I was in Minneapolis doing a rotation in neurology through a university headache clinic. A lot of people were referred through primary care physicians and some even from other neurologists.  They were strange headaches to them, but headaches that were frequently seen by these university neurologists in Minneapolis.

I remember seeing a professional football player who had cluster headaches with such intense pain that it brought him to tears.  There were many middle aged and older people, but there’s one girl I remember in particular. She was 23 years old and was given to me to see with no pre-screening. Read more on Headache or Tumor…