Location Overview

The Mercyhealth Headache Clinic of Northern Illinois at Mercyhealth Barrington offers multi-disciplinary services directed toward the early diagnosis, treatment, and management of acute and chronic headaches. Our professional staff provides expert medical care for individuals of all ages with many types of mild to severe headaches:

• Migraine – Recurring types of headaches that have many different symptoms and causes
• Tension – Caused by tight muscles in shoulders, neck, scalp and jaw
• Cluster – A brief, painful ache around one eye
• Exertional – Caused by lengthy, intense exercising
• Hypnic – Only happens during sleep and wakes the person
• Sinus – Caused by pain, pressure and infection in the sinuses
• Thunderclap – Comes on suddenly and causes intense pain and often nausea and vomiting
• Ice pick – A sudden stabbing pain in the face, eye or temple
• Rebound – A withdrawal symptom that can happen when a pain reliever wears off
• Head injury – A headache caused by a concussion or other trauma

Get medical help right away if you have:

• A sudden, severe headache, like a thunderclap headache
• A headache after a blow to the head
• A headache that accompanies a stiff neck, fever, confusion, loss of consciousness, or pain in the ear or eye