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M A 31 Year Old Male, Slightly Overweight But Generally
Question: m a 31 year old male, slightly overweight but generally ok (I hop
On 29th Feb 2029 I was sick (throwing up) on a Saturday evening - through the nose and mouth. This was after a day drinking and eating fatty food. The next day I was fine until late afternoon when I started to get a tension/pressure headache across my temples. I didn't worry too much and thought it would go by the next day. I've had this type of headache before, brain tumour worries before (about 6 years ago) and I got through it. Next day I woke up and it hadn't gone. It was a dull band type feeling, mainly on my temples and front of face around nose and eye sockets.
This hasn't gone at all over these past 4 weeks - 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. A nose feels a little stuffy but I've had a sinus infection before and it doesn't feel 100% like that. Last few days I've started to worry about my vision - blury/unfocused eyes when looking at something for a period of time, especially at a TV or PC, and it clears when a blink. I also have a slight sensitivity to bright light like the sun and eyes feel sore.
I have also started to get a strange feeling in the right side of my face and body - not numb but like a weird tingle type feeling, mainly between my ear and jaw (cheek area). My ears have started to have the odd sharp pain. Headaches have been consistent with the odd pain or blocked feeling. I can exercise as normal, I don't have any balance etc issues or speech. The headache does seem to be worse in the morning (more pressure) when I wake up buy ok when laying down. I do feel more pressure, especially above the nose and around it when bending over. I've also had some muscle twitching which I've had before with MND/ALS fears.
I've been (obviously) googling a lot, trying to get any answer that I'm ok. Due to the lockdown I'm unable to see a GP or get my vision tested (though I did have it tested about a month ago and nothing major came up - they took photo of eye and did pressure test a well).
Is this anything to be seriously concerned about? My main worry is Brain tumour which makes me very anxious so anything that helps put my mind to rest on that front (why it isn’t) would be great. I keep trying to think I wouldn’t get all of these symptoms so quickly and at the same time.
On 29th Feb 2029 I was sick (throwing up) on a Saturday evening - through the nose and mouth. This was after a day drinking and eating fatty food. The next day I was fine until late afternoon when I started to get a tension/pressure headache across my temples. I didn't worry too much and thought it would go by the next day. I've had this type of headache before, brain tumour worries before (about 6 years ago) and I got through it. Next day I woke up and it hadn't gone. It was a dull band type feeling, mainly on my temples and front of face around nose and eye sockets.
This hasn't gone at all over these past 4 weeks - 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. A nose feels a little stuffy but I've had a sinus infection before and it doesn't feel 100% like that. Last few days I've started to worry about my vision - blury/unfocused eyes when looking at something for a period of time, especially at a TV or PC, and it clears when a blink. I also have a slight sensitivity to bright light like the sun and eyes feel sore.
I have also started to get a strange feeling in the right side of my face and body - not numb but like a weird tingle type feeling, mainly between my ear and jaw (cheek area). My ears have started to have the odd sharp pain. Headaches have been consistent with the odd pain or blocked feeling. I can exercise as normal, I don't have any balance etc issues or speech. The headache does seem to be worse in the morning (more pressure) when I wake up buy ok when laying down. I do feel more pressure, especially above the nose and around it when bending over. I've also had some muscle twitching which I've had before with MND/ALS fears.
I've been (obviously) googling a lot, trying to get any answer that I'm ok. Due to the lockdown I'm unable to see a GP or get my vision tested (though I did have it tested about a month ago and nothing major came up - they took photo of eye and did pressure test a well).
Is this anything to be seriously concerned about? My main worry is Brain tumour which makes me very anxious so anything that helps put my mind to rest on that front (why it isn’t) would be great. I keep trying to think I wouldn’t get all of these symptoms so quickly and at the same time.
Brief Answer:
Dear sir,
Detailed Answer:
Am sorry of how you feel and I know how much this headache would be irritating, but I want to assure you that if there is tumor in the brain as you think, the symptoms would be very hard than this.
So, if your vision check was ok as you said, and you do not have any history of increase in blood pressure, then this headache would be either due to lack of good sleep, or decrease in water intake or stress.
This previous three reasons are capable of producing this headache.
You can improve the quality this three items in the coming days and see what happens.
I hope you will be fine soon
Dear sir,
Detailed Answer:
Am sorry of how you feel and I know how much this headache would be irritating, but I want to assure you that if there is tumor in the brain as you think, the symptoms would be very hard than this.
So, if your vision check was ok as you said, and you do not have any history of increase in blood pressure, then this headache would be either due to lack of good sleep, or decrease in water intake or stress.
This previous three reasons are capable of producing this headache.
You can improve the quality this three items in the coming days and see what happens.
I hope you will be fine soon
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Nagamani Ng
Brief Answer:
Dear sir,
Detailed Answer:
I worked in a team of doctors responsible for palliative treatment for patients with cancer for a period of time, and am quite sure of what I told you. Brain tumor is one of the tumors that I dealed with.
If you want to be certain , you can ask for MRI brain to exclude any organic brain lesion, and it is available everywhere and all the time.
I hope you find my answer helpful,
Dear sir,
Detailed Answer:
I worked in a team of doctors responsible for palliative treatment for patients with cancer for a period of time, and am quite sure of what I told you. Brain tumor is one of the tumors that I dealed with.
If you want to be certain , you can ask for MRI brain to exclude any organic brain lesion, and it is available everywhere and all the time.
I hope you find my answer helpful,
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Nagamani Ng
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