The Mystery Headache: Migraine, Positional Headache, Spinal Fluid Leak? Why it Hurts When You Stand Up

Many people who suffer with chronic migraine live with symptoms that are baffling - headache, nausea, neck stiffness, ringing in the ear - and all of these symptoms worsen as the day goes on and the individual spends more time in the upright position. However, symptoms improve as long as they are lying down. In this talk, Ian Carroll MD, will discuss an often overlooked diagnosis that can be treated - spontaneous intracranial hypotension.

Speaker: Ian Carroll, MD, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine (Adult Pain), Stanford University Medical Center