I'm 15 year old girl I've had a headache every day since late april they have not gone away at all the pain is slowly increasing bright lights or loud noises do not bother me sometimes I get nauseous I've noticed that since these headaches start I've had trouble paying attention its mostly on the left side of my head and in the back of my head I have not had an mri done its a stabbing pain or pinching pain and also pressure sometimes the pain is sudden
2015-02-05 04:16:21
Hi! Since you have a headache almost daily what you have is in all probability not a simple migraine but a chronic daily headache (CDH). This can be the primary type—without any cause. One simple reason for daily headaches with nausea is compression of cervical spinal nerves. Another reason is TMJ especially if the headache starts with chewing. The third reason could be severe acidity with or without GERD. The CDH could also be secondary to trauma raised intracranial hypertension high blood pressure temporal arteritis etc. Hence all these need to be ruled out. If the headache lasts for less than 4 hours then it could be a chronic cluster headache or a chronic paroxysmal hemicranias. If it lasts for more than 4 hours it could be chronic tension headache chronic migraine or altered migraine or hemicranias continua. Indomethacin is the drug of choice in hemicranias continua. In fact the diagnosis is considered confirmed if a patient responds to Indomethacin. Please also consult a gynecologist and rule out hormone imbalance and low estrogen as the cause of your headaches. Hence apart from medicines it is important to rule out various causes of headaches. You should consult a migraine and headache specialist. You may need some tests for confirmed diagnosis which may include blood tests MRI etc. I sincerely hope you will find this information useful in your journey towards better health. Hope you get well soon! Good Luck and take care!
2015-02-05 04:16:48