A headache when lying down can result from various causes, including changes in cerebrospinal fluid pressure, nasal congestion, and brain tumors. Identifying the underlying cause is important, as it ...

March 2, 2012 — Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH; also called pseudotumor cerebri [PTC] or benign intracranial hypertension) is surprisingly common in patients with systemic lupus ...

An epidural headache is a headache that can occur after an epidural injection. It’s also known as a post-dural puncture headache (PDPH) or a spinal headache. While you may think of childbirth when you ...

Your brain produces around a pint of cerebrospinal fluid each day. Archibald Church, Diseases of the nervous system (1908)/Internet Archive via Flickr Cerebrospinal fluid, or CSF, is a clear, ...

A variety of definitions have been proposed for idiopathic intracranial hypertension, but the most commonly accepted standards are a modified version of the Dandy criteria [1]: (1) symptoms of ...

Headache is the chief complaint in 2-3% of patients on admission to emergency departments (EDs) in the United States – the fourth most common reason for an ED visit. The incidence of headaches with ...

Dr. John H. Stone: A 41-year-old woman was evaluated in the rheumatology clinic of this hospital because of headaches and a 6-week history of intermittent, transient vision loss. Four years before the ...

Headaches are often an ordinary part of life which subsides easily, but some patterns tell a different story. Dr Sood shares ...