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Is Sharp, Constant Pain In Left Side Of Head With Blurry Vision Serious?

I have been having very sharp head pains in a very small section of the left side hemisphere of my head. This has been going on for about two months now. The party s do not last long, about thirty seconds, and it sort of blurrs my vision. When I complained to one of my close friends, they explained that it could be a brain tumor. I thought that I should go ahead and ask a doctor.
Thu, 19 Feb 2015
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Hello dear,
Thanks for being on healthcaremagic.com. If you would have presented to me as an outpatient with this medical history,my clinical explanation would have been-
Most common cause of episodic hemicranial headache with blurring of vision,from the epidemiological perspective is 'Migraine'.Please observe whether you are having other classical features of migraine like-
1)Throbbing or pulse like headache
2)Nausea
3)Photophobia(headache increases on exposure to light) and phonophobia(headache increases on exposure to sound).
4)Visual aura-Blurring of vision you are having is likely a visual aura.
If you are having above features simultaneously,then it is likely migraine.Please consult a physician so that he takes a detailed history and put you on trial of anti-migraine therapy,if he thinks rationale for the same.
He may also get a Computerised tomographic(CT) scan done to rule out the secondary headache.I hope it helps.
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Is Sharp, Constant Pain In Left Side Of Head With Blurry Vision Serious?

Hello dear, Thanks for being on healthcaremagic.com. If you would have presented to me as an outpatient with this medical history,my clinical explanation would have been- Most common cause of episodic hemicranial headache with blurring of vision,from the epidemiological perspective is Migraine .Please observe whether you are having other classical features of migraine like- 1)Throbbing or pulse like headache 2)Nausea 3)Photophobia(headache increases on exposure to light) and phonophobia(headache increases on exposure to sound). 4)Visual aura-Blurring of vision you are having is likely a visual aura. If you are having above features simultaneously,then it is likely migraine.Please consult a physician so that he takes a detailed history and put you on trial of anti-migraine therapy,if he thinks rationale for the same. He may also get a Computerised tomographic(CT) scan done to rule out the secondary headache.I hope it helps.