because working muscles may not be receiving enough blood.
Clara underwent urgent evaluation instead of being sent home with simple pain medicine. Her symptoms, age, and examination led the medical team to treat the situation as a vascular emergency. Blood tests and imaging helped them look beyond the headache itself and examine whether inflammation was affecting arteries elsewhere in her body.
The investigation revealed that the danger was not limited to her temple or eyesight. The same underlying vascular problem had placed her at risk of a far more extensive
