Jammu, Sept. 17 -- By Dr. Biplab Das, Director - Neurology & Interventional Neuroradiology, Batra Hospital
A headache is one of the most commonly ignored symptoms in medicine. In most cases, that is understandable. Headaches are frequently associated with stress, inadequate sleep, dehydration, long hours in front of a screen, migraine or simply the demands of a busy day. Most headaches are harmless, but a sudden, extremely severe headache that reaches its maximum intensity within seconds or a few minutes warrants immediate attention.
Patients often describe such a headache as the "worst headache of my life." This type of sudden-onset headache can be an important warning sign of bleeding around the brain. One of the major causes of this ty...