Brain Tumor

Rarely is a brain tumor the cause of headache. Headache can be either a late or early symptom of a brain tumor, depending on the location of the tumor. A constant, progressively increasing pain or a change in the character of headache pain may alert the physician to this occurrence. Most brain tumors are accompanied by neurological signs and symptoms such as seizures, personality change or weakness as well as headache.

Any type of exertional headache, i.e., a headache that develops after running, coughing, sneezing, bowel movement, etc., should be investigated to make sure there’s no tumor in the brain.