A Migraine attack won't technically kill you, but being misdiagnosed with one may. Unfortunately, that's exactly what happened to 40-year-old Dr. Niamh Long of Endsleigh, Ireland. Dr. Long was a well respected general practitioner, wife and mother of three who died on January 11, 2011, due to complications from emergency surgery to repair a brain aneurysm, not from a Migraine.
Dr. Long arrived at Cork University Hospital (CUH) by ambulance on January 6, 2011, complaining of severe head pain....
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