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Can Headache And Eye Pain Be Related?

I experience headaches when i hold my hair in a ponytail even if the pony tail is not tight and my hair isnt long and thick. i have recently been experiencing eye problems and was infomed that it is an allergy to light that makes my eyes pain.can this be related
Thu, 11 Sep 2014
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Hello,

Thanks for using HelathCareMagic.

Yes. Headache can be related to eye problem
Eye is actually developmentally part of brain which is exetended out of the skull.

Whenever eye problems like refractory errors(visual problem corrected by specs), glaucoma,catract or retinal problems which cause visual difficulty can cause headache as secondary symptoms.

Allergy to light, photophobia, is also responsible headache.
However a type of headache called migraine also includes symptoms of photophobia. If you have frequent severe headache episodes,lasting for 2-4 hours and relived by medicines only, associated with nausea and precipitated with some food and excessive noise , it may be migraine.

In cluster headache, there is redness of eye with watering of eye.

Please consult doctor for detail evaluation and treatment.

Hope I have answered your query.
Regards,
Dr.Chintan Soanki.
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Can Headache And Eye Pain Be Related?

Hello, Thanks for using HelathCareMagic. Yes. Headache can be related to eye problem Eye is actually developmentally part of brain which is exetended out of the skull. Whenever eye problems like refractory errors(visual problem corrected by specs), glaucoma,catract or retinal problems which cause visual difficulty can cause headache as secondary symptoms. Allergy to light, photophobia, is also responsible headache. However a type of headache called migraine also includes symptoms of photophobia. If you have frequent severe headache episodes,lasting for 2-4 hours and relived by medicines only, associated with nausea and precipitated with some food and excessive noise , it may be migraine. In cluster headache, there is redness of eye with watering of eye. Please consult doctor for detail evaluation and treatment. Hope I have answered your query. Regards, Dr.Chintan Soanki.