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Suffering From Chronic Headaches, Pain On One Side Of Head, Shocking Sensation In Nerves. Cure?
Hello Doctor, I have been suffering from severe headache from many years, but I haven t consulted any doctor so far. But from a week I am feeling more pain on one side of the head and I can feel 1-2 nerves are giving some slight shocks. I am feeling lack of concentration and disturbance with pain in the middle of forehead .
Tue, 26 Mar 2013
Hi,
There are different type of HEADACHES as below and I will try to explain it in simple terms
1) MIGRAINE - its a head ache which most has some kind of prodrome (factor/symptoms/feeling) which indicates the person that he will be going to have headache soon, mostly people say some kind of aura like lights/ nausea kind of feeling is mostly precedes the onset of headache
2) CLUSTER HEADACHE:- its a headache which is associated with watering in eyes/ nose , pain in eyes , pain associate with some intense light exposure like headache,Sweaty, pale skin (pallor) on the face, one sided headache may be on right or left side.
3) TENSION HEADACHE:- its a headache with band like headache means the hurting area seems like some has tied a band around the head and is very tight.
4) TEMPORAL ARTERITIS : its as headache whit jaw pain and hurt in single area of head,
5) TRIGERMINAL NEURALGIA : pain causes electric shock like pattern
6) PSUDOTUMOR CEREBRI: Pain in middle area of head , with vision problems.
Mostly from the description it seems like a "CLUSTER HEADACHE / TRIGERMINAL NEURALGIA / PUSDOTUMOR CEREBRI)
Now following are the cause that can lead to this kind of headache and needs to checked.
Headache NORMALLY DO NOT have any UNDERLYING DISEASE (90% case have no issues),
BUT in 10% cases headaches may occasionally indicate a serious underlying medical condition,
a) brain tumor or
b) rupture of a weakened blood vessel (aneurysm)
Well the best thing is to attain a piece of mind, and for that
ADVICE:
Consult NEUROLOGIST (brain doctor)
Here is mostly they will do
1) do physical exam
2) will probably ask for MRI SCAN OF BRAIN,
3) May need carotid ultrasound/doppler and temporal artery biopsy if suspecting TEMPORAL ARTERITIS.
4) If nothing serious mostly 90% of case are with out danger they will give pain medications that is special for the type of cause (e.g- sumatraptin for migranes , so it will be different from normal over the counter medication (available with out prescription) like ibuprofen) so necessary to consult the physician
PLEASE do not be scared , there are 90% of headache and have no issue with any kind of brain problems but for the sake of safety and piece of mind MRI / CT Will be needed.
Hope it helps.
There are different type of HEADACHES as below and I will try to explain it in simple terms
1) MIGRAINE - its a head ache which most has some kind of prodrome (factor/symptoms/feeling) which indicates the person that he will be going to have headache soon, mostly people say some kind of aura like lights/ nausea kind of feeling is mostly precedes the onset of headache
2) CLUSTER HEADACHE:- its a headache which is associated with watering in eyes/ nose , pain in eyes , pain associate with some intense light exposure like headache,Sweaty, pale skin (pallor) on the face, one sided headache may be on right or left side.
3) TENSION HEADACHE:- its a headache with band like headache means the hurting area seems like some has tied a band around the head and is very tight.
4) TEMPORAL ARTERITIS : its as headache whit jaw pain and hurt in single area of head,
5) TRIGERMINAL NEURALGIA : pain causes electric shock like pattern
6) PSUDOTUMOR CEREBRI: Pain in middle area of head , with vision problems.
Mostly from the description it seems like a "CLUSTER HEADACHE / TRIGERMINAL NEURALGIA / PUSDOTUMOR CEREBRI)
Now following are the cause that can lead to this kind of headache and needs to checked.
Headache NORMALLY DO NOT have any UNDERLYING DISEASE (90% case have no issues),
BUT in 10% cases headaches may occasionally indicate a serious underlying medical condition,
a) brain tumor or
b) rupture of a weakened blood vessel (aneurysm)
Well the best thing is to attain a piece of mind, and for that
ADVICE:
Consult NEUROLOGIST (brain doctor)
Here is mostly they will do
1) do physical exam
2) will probably ask for MRI SCAN OF BRAIN,
3) May need carotid ultrasound/doppler and temporal artery biopsy if suspecting TEMPORAL ARTERITIS.
4) If nothing serious mostly 90% of case are with out danger they will give pain medications that is special for the type of cause (e.g- sumatraptin for migranes , so it will be different from normal over the counter medication (available with out prescription) like ibuprofen) so necessary to consult the physician
PLEASE do not be scared , there are 90% of headache and have no issue with any kind of brain problems but for the sake of safety and piece of mind MRI / CT Will be needed.
Hope it helps.
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