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Question: I have a headache for a few days, my vision gets blurred in one eye and just feel like my equilibrium is off. I have dizziness and an overall sense of being in a fog when someone is talking to me. I'm not sure what it could be
Brief Answer:
Could be a migraine type of headache
Detailed Answer:
Good afternoon. My name is Dr. Dariush Saghafi and I am a neurologist and headache subspecialist here in the XXXXXXX Ohio region of the world. Greetings to wherever you may be.
Are these episodes of headaches BRAND NEW or have you had these for some time and are just wondering about what's going on in case you've been treated and it doesn't seem to be working or something? Is the headache portion of this severe and accompanied by nausea or vomiting or are the headaches themselves rather mild and almost minor compared to the other part you are talking about?
Your description is consistent with that of a migraine headache that may have what we refer to as a complex or complicated course associated.
Another possibility of what the fog and loss of balance could be may be something referred to as MIGRAINE EQUIVALENT...especially if headaches with that are either not really present or if present not a major component at all.
If these events are all relatively brand new to you then, I would recommend considering getting an imaging study of the brain such as MRI and to do it with contrast agents called gadolinium.
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Could be a migraine type of headache
Detailed Answer:
Good afternoon. My name is Dr. Dariush Saghafi and I am a neurologist and headache subspecialist here in the XXXXXXX Ohio region of the world. Greetings to wherever you may be.
Are these episodes of headaches BRAND NEW or have you had these for some time and are just wondering about what's going on in case you've been treated and it doesn't seem to be working or something? Is the headache portion of this severe and accompanied by nausea or vomiting or are the headaches themselves rather mild and almost minor compared to the other part you are talking about?
Your description is consistent with that of a migraine headache that may have what we refer to as a complex or complicated course associated.
Another possibility of what the fog and loss of balance could be may be something referred to as MIGRAINE EQUIVALENT...especially if headaches with that are either not really present or if present not a major component at all.
If these events are all relatively brand new to you then, I would recommend considering getting an imaging study of the brain such as MRI and to do it with contrast agents called gadolinium.
If the present information has been helpful; I would absolutely be very thankful for your written feedback and a STAR RATING for how I answered this question.
If you have no further questions or comments to place could you also do me the favor of CLOSING THE QUERY which will alert the network to process, archive, and credit this question appropriately for future reference?
I'm happy to answer all future questions personally through the following website:
http://doctor.healthcaremagic.com/Funnel?page=askDoctorDirectly&docId=68474
This query required 22 minutes of physician specific review, research, and final draft documentation for envoy.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Vinay Bhardwaj
These are brand new episodes. Its been since Saturday. No vomiting. Blurred vision seems to br one eyes. Lights get wavy .
Brief Answer:
Headache syndrome is most likely
Detailed Answer:
Thank you for your response to update me now with the information that since Saturday these episodes are new.
Therefore, as I stated in the above note my recommendation (if you were my patient) is to seek out a physician who is either a neurologist or headache specialist so that a thorough neurological examination can be performed followed by appropriate blood work and an imaging study of the brain which I believe should be an MRI with gadolinium contrast.
This will assure we don't miss anything organic within the head that could be causing these new symptoms of headaches and blurry vision. If the MRI turns out to be clean (i.e. normal) then, we will know that the symptoms are more likely to represent a new onset headache syndrome which at least has symptoms of a migraine like entity. But again, it will be dependent upon the rest of the story that your physician can ascertain as to whether or not these represent true primary migraine headaches or something else.
I wish you the best and hope you find answers soon.
If the present information has been helpful; I would be very thankful for your written feedback and a STAR RATING on how I answered the questions.
If you have no further questions or comments could you also do me the favor of CLOSING THE QUERY which will alert the network to process, archive, and credit this question appropriately for future reference?
I'm happy to answer all future questions personally through the following website:
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This query required 9 minutes of physician specific review, research, and final draft documentation for envoy.
Headache syndrome is most likely
Detailed Answer:
Thank you for your response to update me now with the information that since Saturday these episodes are new.
Therefore, as I stated in the above note my recommendation (if you were my patient) is to seek out a physician who is either a neurologist or headache specialist so that a thorough neurological examination can be performed followed by appropriate blood work and an imaging study of the brain which I believe should be an MRI with gadolinium contrast.
This will assure we don't miss anything organic within the head that could be causing these new symptoms of headaches and blurry vision. If the MRI turns out to be clean (i.e. normal) then, we will know that the symptoms are more likely to represent a new onset headache syndrome which at least has symptoms of a migraine like entity. But again, it will be dependent upon the rest of the story that your physician can ascertain as to whether or not these represent true primary migraine headaches or something else.
I wish you the best and hope you find answers soon.
If the present information has been helpful; I would be very thankful for your written feedback and a STAR RATING on how I answered the questions.
If you have no further questions or comments could you also do me the favor of CLOSING THE QUERY which will alert the network to process, archive, and credit this question appropriately for future reference?
I'm happy to answer all future questions personally through the following website:
http://doctor.healthcaremagic.com/Funnel?page=askDoctorDirectly&docId=68474
This query required 9 minutes of physician specific review, research, and final draft documentation for envoy.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Ashwin Bhandari
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