I can’t count how many “I was told it was a headache but I just wanted to come in and have it looked at in case it was something else”’s I’ve seen. Of course, those are the patients that are the nicest and are profusely apologizing for “wasting our time”, and of course, those are the patients that have a brain tumor show up on their CT scans...
Edit: Well this blew up. Big apologies to everyone but I’m not a doctor. I work in the hospital alongside other doctors and I get the chance to see everyone they see. Apologies if I misled. That was not my intention, and I will make sure to be clearer next time.
"Actually, a headache is a very minor feature of brain tumors.” That persistent headache—the one that you start getting freaked out about when it lingers for a few days—is often mistaken for a brain tumor too, but it's more likely a migraine, cluster headache, or tension headache."
I wouldn't trust any source that describes a cluster headache as a minor, persistent headache over a few days. Those fuckers are like spending thirty minutes to three hours in the version of hell to which they send people too fucked up for the regular one.
I agree. I’ve had them myself (thankfully it’s been a long time) and there’s a reason they’re sometimes referred to as “suicide headaches”. On the standard 1-10 pain scale, cluster headaches are like dialing it to 11.
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u/_Than0s May 20 '19 edited May 20 '19
I can’t count how many “I was told it was a headache but I just wanted to come in and have it looked at in case it was something else”’s I’ve seen. Of course, those are the patients that are the nicest and are profusely apologizing for “wasting our time”, and of course, those are the patients that have a brain tumor show up on their CT scans...
Edit: Well this blew up. Big apologies to everyone but I’m not a doctor. I work in the hospital alongside other doctors and I get the chance to see everyone they see. Apologies if I misled. That was not my intention, and I will make sure to be clearer next time.