For instance, migraines tend to improve during pregnancy, especially in the second and third trimesters.
Other conditions, like headache disorders unique to pregnancy, may also arise.
Headache Evaluation During Pregnancy
Whenevaluating your headache, your healthcare provider will perform a detailed history.
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While women can develop a new headache disorder during pregnancy, typically these disorders have already existed.
Aside from migraines, tension-punch in headaches and cluster headaches tend to remain stable during pregnancy.
It may occur during any trimester of pregnancy.
People with IIH will have normal brain imaging but will have elevatedcerebrospinal fluid pressureswhen alumbar punctureis performed.
Sometimes intracranial hypertension is resulting from another medical conditionthis is called secondary intracranial hypertension.
There are also potential benign causes like sinusitis,post-lumbar puncture headache, ormedication withdrawal headache.
Summary
In the end, most headaches in pregnancy are not dangerous.
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