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What Causes Recurring Pain In Left Side Of Head And Eye ?
I have had a couple of episodes of sever pain in the left side of my head when doing something strenuous the pain takes about 15 to 30 mins to subside to a level that becomes a dull ache, also I get a pain in my left eye now and again, also have started with a strong smell of burning plastic should I get this checked out as I am due to do a long flight at the end of may
Mon, 27 Apr 2015
Hi the symptoms which you are experiencing may be due to underlying vasculitis I. E due to temporal it will be better to undergo bblood test like erythrocyte sedimentation rate
Or the symptoms might be due to tension headache
It will be better to undergo evaluation with your physician if it's because of temporal arteritis,its necessary to take steroid in order to prevent furthur complications like blindness
Or the symptoms might be due to tension headache
It will be better to undergo evaluation with your physician if it's because of temporal arteritis,its necessary to take steroid in order to prevent furthur complications like blindness
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