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Dr. Andrew Rynne
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Dr. Andrew Rynne

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How To Treat Headache?

Hi I m a 57 year old lady for 4 years I have had a pain in the back right side of my head that when I sleep I awake with very bad pain and a fealing like my head has swollen I have to get up with the pain .my head feels like it weighs as much as 4 bricks I feel fuzzy all the time I am very tied and feel like I am dragging my self around. I get pins and needles over my head and heavey pains all over my head when I have bad days I am finding it hard as the bad days are now bad months it is now 7 months with no rest from it . And I have a tongue that has a matalic taste to it .I have been put on tables by the dr but nothing is working indomethacin and allegron.Please help me
Wed, 20 Jan 2016
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Hello madam, after going through your description of headache patterns and symtoms I think this is probably tension headache. Which commonly occurs in post menopausal women due to stress, loss of sleep and harmonal imbalance. However I suggest you to visit a neurologist to rule out other causes of headache which r most likely to trouble people of your profile, and also look for many assosiated symptoms like blurring of vision, vomiting, photophobia, diplopia etc and also get few investigations like CT brain, EEG etc and prescibe suitable drugs which you can get from pharmacy only with suitable prescrption from concerned doctor. Tension headache is less likely to subside with usual analgesics and anti inflammatory preparations. Hope my advice helped you.
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How To Treat Headache?

Hello madam, after going through your description of headache patterns and symtoms I think this is probably tension headache. Which commonly occurs in post menopausal women due to stress, loss of sleep and harmonal imbalance. However I suggest you to visit a neurologist to rule out other causes of headache which r most likely to trouble people of your profile, and also look for many assosiated symptoms like blurring of vision, vomiting, photophobia, diplopia etc and also get few investigations like CT brain, EEG etc and prescibe suitable drugs which you can get from pharmacy only with suitable prescrption from concerned doctor. Tension headache is less likely to subside with usual analgesics and anti inflammatory preparations. Hope my advice helped you.