Suggest Treatment For Eye Socket Headache

Posted on Sat, 15 Aug 2015

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Question : I'm getting repeated headaches and eye socket headaches. I think it might be from probably high sodium intake, or high caffeine intake. But I haven't changed the level of caffeine intake in the last few years, although sodium intake probably has gone up quite a bit. But these headaches come with no warning and linger sometimes all day. Aspirin rarely helps and ibuprofen does only part of the time

Answered by Dr. Dr. Erion Spaho (45 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Probably eye related headaches.

Detailed Answer:
Hello and thanks for your query.

I have read your question and understand your concerns.

I read the other discussions too.

If your description is right, in my opinion, eye related problems should be assessed further.

It seems not a typical headache, so pain related to eye or optic nerve conditions should be evaluated as possible causes of your concerns.

These include glaucoma ( or periodic increase of intraocular pressure ), cataract that may cause eye socket pain by eye strained, inflamation of the optic nerve.

Worsening of previous sinusitis should be considered as well.

I suggest you to discuss your concerns with an Ophthalmologist and consider brain and orbital imaging studies ( MRI) too, in order to properly diagnose your condition.

Increased sodium intake could lead to high blood pressure and dehydration, but these headaches don't seem to be related to these conditions.

Hope you found the answer helpful.

Take care.

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