Blog by The Headache Clinic

Worse than childbirth, worse than accidental amputation. A pain so acute, old medical books referred to the condition as the “suicide headache” because it was not uncommon that cluster headache sufferers would take their lives to escape it.

Two recent studies found that these headaches are associated with negative mood and impaired learning ability.

Migraine headaches are often misdiagnosed as sinusitis because of similar symptoms – and sinusitis medication can further aggravate head pain.

A recent study, published in Pediatric Neurology, aimed to describe the relationship between risk factors, such as stress, depression and anxiety, and potentially protective factors against paediatric headache-related disability.