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Suggest Treatment For Severe Headache
I ve had a headache for the past few days, but today it is really bothering me. I do not suffer from migraines but this headache I ve never had before. The pain is on my left side and goes to the back of my eye, almost like a piercing sensation. I am nauseas, dizzy and I am not able to look down, bend down etc… I feel the room moving, spinning. I have very high cholesterol but nothing else in my health history. I ve been having cramps on my left leg at night as well. I am 43 years old male.
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Fri, 6 Feb 2015
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Mon, 9 Mar 2015
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Hello
i appreciate your concern
looking at your history this could be vascular headache or giant cell arteritis of temporal arteries which is inflammatory disease
you should be worried but not too much
please visit a neurologist for clinical examination and battery of tests like Complete blood count ESR and an MRI brain
you can take tab acetaminophen or ibuprofen for immediate relief
Hope this helps you
wishing you good health
i appreciate your concern
looking at your history this could be vascular headache or giant cell arteritis of temporal arteries which is inflammatory disease
you should be worried but not too much
please visit a neurologist for clinical examination and battery of tests like Complete blood count ESR and an MRI brain
you can take tab acetaminophen or ibuprofen for immediate relief
Hope this helps you
wishing you good health
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