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What Causes Persistent Headache And Insomnia?

My daughter constantly has headaches She only 13 she says the side of her head hurts she alaid says she doesn t sleep well at night she cracks her neck a lot and she can t sleep well at night she says sometimes when she lays on one side when she gets back up she gets dizzy and she other sidelete of her head hurts. The doctor provided her with ibuprofen but she says that the ibuprofen doesn t help at all.
Thu, 18 Dec 2014
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Persistent headache causing insomnia is to be taken seriously . There may be some space occuping lesion in brain..or it may be because of stress and anxiety . We need detail history and complete physical examination to reach diagnosis . You should consult a physician or neurologist for that..They can advice imaging studies of brain such as MRI or CT scan to rule out any structural cause.delay in this can aggrevates the symptoms as normal sleep is very important for normal health . So you discus with your doctor as soon as possible . Hope this will help.
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What Causes Persistent Headache And Insomnia?

Persistent headache causing insomnia is to be taken seriously . There may be some space occuping lesion in brain..or it may be because of stress and anxiety . We need detail history and complete physical examination to reach diagnosis . You should consult a physician or neurologist for that..They can advice imaging studies of brain such as MRI or CT scan to rule out any structural cause.delay in this can aggrevates the symptoms as normal sleep is very important for normal health . So you discus with your doctor as soon as possible . Hope this will help.