Headache that awakens you from sleep
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Headache that awakens you from sleep
A headache that awakens you from sleep may be a cluster headache, a form of vascular headache. This may occur at the same time each night during a series of cluster headaches.
Depression or anxiety can cause you to awaken frequently during the night and early in the morning. You may also have frequent daytime headaches if you are depressed.
A structural problem in the brain or a brain tumor may cause a headache that awakens you from sleep. A structural problem may be related to a weakness in the wall of a blood vessel (aneurysm) or a pus-filled pocket caused by infection (abscess).
If you have headaches that awaken you from sleep, a visit to your health professional may be needed to determine the cause of your headaches.
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| Author | Sydney Youngerman-Cole, RN, BSN, RNC |
| Editor | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA |
| Associate Editor | Tracy Landauer |
| Primary Medical Reviewer | William M. Green, MD - Emergency Medicine |
| Specialist Medical Reviewer | H. Michael O'Connor, MD - Emergency Medicine |
| Last Updated | July 12, 2006 |
| Last updated: | July 12, 2006 |
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| Author: | Sydney Youngerman-Cole, RN, BSN, RNC |
| Reviewed By: | William M. Green, MD - Emergency Medicine, H. Michael O'Connor, MD - Emergency Medicine |
| Editors: | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA, Tracy Landauer |
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