What Causes Pain Behind Eyes Radiating To Forehead?

Posted on Mon, 29 Sep 2014

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Question : I have this random headache that usually starts behind my eyes up my forhead to the top of my head sometimes even the sides ache, its not painful to the point of sensitivity to light but its very annoying my nostils also burn im not undergoing any kind of stress but when i have the sensation tk sneeze it stops before it happens and that only makes it worse. I also have this annoying neck pain that comes and goes at random times and sometimes starts as soon as i wake up for the day.

Answered by Dr. Rakesh Madhyastha (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Migraine

Detailed Answer:
Hello

Pain that starts behind the eyes and then spreads the forehead is very typical of migraine. I prescribe my patients tab naproxen 250 one after food, just when the feeling of migraine is setting in. If you have more than 2 episodes a week you will need to be on prophylactic medicines like metoloprolol.

Pain in the neck does not sound like part of the migraine, it is most likely to be sprain in the neck due to improper posture while sleeping or at work however to rule out any cervical spine issue it is adviseable to get a x ray of c spine done.

I hope I was of help, if you have any further queries please get back to me

I wish you good health

Regards

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