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Suffering From Continuous Headaches At The Back Of Head. Feeling Dizzy. Feeling Nausea. What Could It Be?
My daughter in law is 21 she is suffering from continuous headaches at the back of her head along with dizziness and being tired. this is going on for the last week she has had a CT scan and bloods test done to rule out meningitis. They wanted tot do a lumber puncture but she couldn't face it. She feels nausea as well. have you any idea what it is.
Thu, 19 Sep 2013
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Sudden onset severe headache with dizziness and weakness may occur due to variety of reasons. Migraine, tension headache are common causes. Her normal CT reports rule out any pathology of brain. Other possibility is some infection in CSF or meninges of brain. Lumbar puncture is done to rule out infection, but she is not showing other symptoms of meningeal irritation so this has been clinically ruled out. I would advise you to consult a psychiatrist for differentiating the cause and for proper management. Medicines like Amitryptilline, triptans etc are very useful in such conditions.
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Sudden onset severe headache with dizziness and weakness may occur due to variety of reasons. Migraine, tension headache are common causes. Her normal CT reports rule out any pathology of brain. Other possibility is some infection in CSF or meninges of brain. Lumbar puncture is done to rule out infection, but she is not showing other symptoms of meningeal irritation so this has been clinically ruled out. I would advise you to consult a psychiatrist for differentiating the cause and for proper management. Medicines like Amitryptilline, triptans etc are very useful in such conditions.
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Since causes of headache are many, on reading your query i can advice you to rule out the cause menstrual history,acid peptic disorder history,sleep disorder,ent causes,cervical causes along will detailed history of patient must be accessed to know the cause of headache thereafter treatment can be adviced.
I beleive she is suffering from pittaj shirshool as mentioned in ayurveda
With regards
Dr Vivek Sharma
I beleive she is suffering from pittaj shirshool as mentioned in ayurveda
With regards
Dr Vivek Sharma
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