Five Headache Symptoms A Neurologist Would Never, Ever Ignore

We’ve written before at HuffPost UK about signs a lymphoma doctor would never ignore. These include heavy sweating, losing weight without meaning to, and feeling exhausted no matter how well you sleep.

And according to Dr Nada Hindiyeh, a neurologist and the chief medical officer of Haven Headache and Migraine Centre, some headache signs are always worth investigating, too.

“As a headache neurologist, there are several symptoms that can be concerning because they may point to something more serious than a primary headache disorder like migraine,” she shared. 

Here are five signs she thinks should always be addressed:

1) A sudden, “thunderclap” headache 

These involve sudden, agonising pain that doesn’t go away. Thunderclap headaches “reach maximum intensity within seconds to a minute [and are] ofte...