Heart Don't Ignore Exercise Headaches!
By kathy77
@kathy77 (7486)
Australia
February 18, 2007 11:25am CST
Some people with heart disease may get head pain instead of chest pain. Like chest pains, cardiac headaches begin during exercise and subside when exercise stops. See a doctor for an exercise stress test if the pain of your "exercise headache" is severe, you normally don't get headaches, you smoke, you're older than 50, or you have any risk factors for heart disease
such as high blood pressure or a family history of heart disease.
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@GardenGerty (160933)
• United States
18 Feb 07
I do not often see health advice I have not seen before. This is a new one to me. Thanks for posting this info. Have you ever known anyone that had this problem when exercising?
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@byfaithonly (10698)
• United States
18 Feb 07
I've never heard of this before but a very important bit of information to know. I actually believe I've noticed having headaches after exercise myself but never put the two together - think it may be a good time to make a doctor's appointment :(
