Headaches For 4 Months - Aneurysm? Posted: 07-20-05 04:56am
Hi,
how common is it for a 15 yo to have a
brain aneurysm? I have been having
headaches for about 4 months now every
single hour of each day. This is my
biggest worry now. Is this what it could
be? I have had a blood test and a ct scan
but they showed up fine. I dont have to
pay for any of these tests either because
in the uk we have the nhs, which is
already funded. So should I go back to
the hospital and ask for more tests??
James
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cloversea
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 10 Aug 2005 Posts: 19 Location: Pacific NW
Posted: 08-10-05 23:41pm
Headaches with aneurysms are sudden and
severe. Your headaches have lasted long
enough that it is really unlikely that
it's an aneurysm. They re-clot and
re-rupture in less than a week and
symptoms progress quickly. Within a
couple of weeks, you would be near
comatose or worse.
That said, it's not uncommon for headache
problems to start suddenly without an
obvious cause. You should try to get a
diagnosis for your headaches and then
treat them accordingly. In 90% of cases,
headaches are either migraine or tension.
There are many ways to treat such
headaches.
Headaches are scary, but rarely signs of
serious problems in the brain. Take
care.
-kerrie
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Jamesab
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 09 Jul 2005 Posts: 101 Location: UK
Posted: 08-11-05 08:47am
Thanks v much for the reply kerrie, I have
an appointment to see a paeditrician on
monday so I will see if I can get some
answers off him. At 15 years old aswell
an aneurysm is rare I would have thought?
I know I dont have a brain tumour either
because I have had a ct scan. My
consultant did say that he thought that it
was a tension headache but they have to be
chronic.
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