Suggest Treatment For Headache

Posted on Fri, 2 May 2014

Question: I have a bad headache

Answered by Dr. Dr. Prasad J (1 hour later)

Brief Answer: Can you explain further? Detailed Answer: Hi, Well you can take tylenol or ibuprofen - pain killers. It should relieve this pain. To understand the cause and advice you further, I will need more details from you. So can you please answer the following: 1. Since how long have you been in pain? 2. Is it one sided or affects both sides? 3. Can you describe the ache - does it throb or do you feel just an ache? 4. How severe is the ache on a scale of 1 to 10 5. Are you running fever? 6. What other symptoms do you have besides the ache - nausea, vomiting, nasal congestion, body aches, etc? 7. Does sound and light affect pain? 8. Have you been suffering with such bad aches in the past? 9. Brief me about past medical illness and medications (if any) Awaiting your reply.... Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar