title: Ask the doctor. I have heard that one symptom of a stroke is "the worst headache you can imagine." I recently had a migraine that was so much more painful than previous ones that I worried it was a stroke. Is there any way to tell a migraine from a "stroke headache"?
authors.forename: Egilius L H
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Spierings
mesh_terms: D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000150:complications*; D006261:Headache / Q000145:classification / Q000209:etiology*; D051271:Headache Disorders, Secondary / Q000145:classification / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012307:Risk Factors; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications*