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What Causes Headaches And A Pulling Sensation In The Eyes?

Posted on Mon, 5 Dec 2016

Question: At least twice a day I will get a feeling of my eye is being pulled tight and than shortly after It gets black under my eye (left),I also get headaches when this happens, the eye will also hurt on a scale of 1 to 10 it would be a 6. the doctors tell me there is nothing wrong with my eye when I had my eye exam.

Answered by Dr. Dr. Muhammad Sareer Khalil (3 hours later)

Brief Answer:
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Detailed Answer:
Hello and Welcome

I appreciate your concern

Two other possibilities are there namely, sinusitis and migraine headache. Both can have similar presentation. If the eye was examined by an ophthalmologist and no abnormality was found then sinusitis can be looked for by doing a PNS X ray or CT. Treatment with antibiotics and nasal decongestants would be required. If the history is prolonged and fits the criteria for migraine headache then NSAIDs and abortive therapy for headache can be advised along with prophylaxis with either propranolol or topiramate accordingly.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar