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What Causes Severe Headache With Pain In The Back And Chest At Night?
Question: Middle of the night I wake up with back, chest, and severe headache. Can't continue to sleep for the next 2 hours. Use to get this over the last 2 years but maybe once or twice a year. But now I get this very frequently.
Brief Answer:
Hi XXXXXXX your symptoms sound to me like attacks of acidity
Detailed Answer:
Hi XXXXXXX your symptoms sound to me like attacks of acidity since they come on at midnight (3-4 hours after dinner). Please try taking only an Omepraxole 20 mg preparation half an hour before dinner for a week. If it does not improve, my next diagnosis will be cervical spondylosis (this is different from spondylitis where there is a structural problem. Here there is only a slight inflammation). Please use a hard thin pillow and gently massage your neck with a pain balm at bedtime. Actually you can do both simultaneously (Omeprazole and pain balm) but you will not know the diagnosis. Hope to have you better. Regards
Hi XXXXXXX your symptoms sound to me like attacks of acidity
Detailed Answer:
Hi XXXXXXX your symptoms sound to me like attacks of acidity since they come on at midnight (3-4 hours after dinner). Please try taking only an Omepraxole 20 mg preparation half an hour before dinner for a week. If it does not improve, my next diagnosis will be cervical spondylosis (this is different from spondylitis where there is a structural problem. Here there is only a slight inflammation). Please use a hard thin pillow and gently massage your neck with a pain balm at bedtime. Actually you can do both simultaneously (Omeprazole and pain balm) but you will not know the diagnosis. Hope to have you better. Regards
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