Overall prevalence 25 – 60%
- Ischaemic stroke 25 – 30%
- Haemorrhagic stroke 34 – 60%
Headache after stroke or TIA is often overlooked by clinicians as a result of concentrating on clinical signs and stroke management
Which strokes most commonly cause headaches?
More often associated with:
- Haemorrhage (see picture below) than infarct
- TIA than stroke
- Cortical than deep white matter strokes
- Thrombotic than embolic stroke
- Venous than arterial stroke
