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What Causes Headaches And Numbness On The Left Side?

My husband is 38 years old. He has been complaining of a headache and numbness (more like his left side is tingling). He had a bad car accident with face trauma about 6 yrs ago. He also says if you massage his back between his scapula he feels so much better. I am not sure what to do?

Tue, 16 Sep 2014
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Obvious answer? Massage his back between his scapulae.....AND DON'T STOP! LOL.....I couldn't resist that one.....I cannot get my wife to KEEP massaging an area for very long...she says she gets tired...I will need to send her either to masseuse school or to a personal weight trainer! HA!

Well, in your husband's case; the headache to me is the major symptom here that we need to deal proactively with and the other symptoms will probably follow the treatment of that one. I'm a headache specialist and run the Headache Clinic at the VA Hospital in Cleveland, OH so I see a lot of this sort of thing.

It seems that the headaches are likely chronic and could be a residual from the facial injury itself or something completely different.

But you should get hooked up with a headache specialist is what I would say then, develop a good ongoing relationship with that doctor and address each of your problems 1 at a time.

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In addition, I give consults on another telemedicine network and you can find me Wed-Sat's 3a-7a as well as Sundays 11p-3a. You are welcome to ring me some time....I feel like the Maytag repairman at that time of the night....come and join me for some time WELL SPENT to go over some of these things if your doctor doesn't seem to be in synch for these sorts of issues.

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What Causes Headaches And Numbness On The Left Side?

Obvious answer? Massage his back between his scapulae.....AND DON T STOP! LOL.....I couldn t resist that one.....I cannot get my wife to KEEP massaging an area for very long...she says she gets tired...I will need to send her either to masseuse school or to a personal weight trainer! HA! Well, in your husband s case; the headache to me is the major symptom here that we need to deal proactively with and the other symptoms will probably follow the treatment of that one. I m a headache specialist and run the Headache Clinic at the VA Hospital in Cleveland, OH so I see a lot of this sort of thing. It seems that the headaches are likely chronic and could be a residual from the facial injury itself or something completely different. But you should get hooked up with a headache specialist is what I would say then, develop a good ongoing relationship with that doctor and address each of your problems 1 at a time. If you would like to address specific questions to me in the future here on this network then, please use the following URL and follow the instructions: http://doctor.healthcaremagic.com/doctors/dr-dariush-saghafi/68474 In addition, I give consults on another telemedicine network and you can find me Wed-Sat s 3a-7a as well as Sundays 11p-3a. You are welcome to ring me some time....I feel like the Maytag repairman at that time of the night....come and join me for some time WELL SPENT to go over some of these things if your doctor doesn t seem to be in synch for these sorts of issues. Please STAR RATE this response if you found it helpful to what you were looking for.