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Suggest Treatment For Severe Headache And Dizziness

hi,hope you can help I*ve been havimg this pain on the back of my head for the past 3months,but it seems to be getting worst,now the pain is like a sttabing pain,with a dizziness,and a headache that don*t go away and the pain seems to be going more down under the neck,i*m getting concern cause I can^t hardly lean head on the pillow or no where else,what can this be,,any advice will be very appreciated thank you sandra
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Hello!
I understand your concern.
In my opinion your problems may be caused by a so called tension type headache.
It is caused by contraction of the scalp muscles. It may by caused just by stress or a wrong position of the head and neck during work. But as you refer the pain is going down to your neck. A cervical spondylosis too could cause these symptoms. It makes the neck muscles contract and cause neck and posterior head pain.
I would recommend you a good physical examination from a doctor and cervical column xray to rule out this diagnosis.
I would like to know if you have proved light massages in the posterior neck . They may help by reducing muscles contractions.
Acetaminophen, ibuprofen , naproxene will be helpful too.
Hope to have been helpful!
Thank you for using HCM!
Best wishes Dr. Abaz
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Suggest Treatment For Severe Headache And Dizziness

Hello! I understand your concern. In my opinion your problems may be caused by a so called tension type headache. It is caused by contraction of the scalp muscles. It may by caused just by stress or a wrong position of the head and neck during work. But as you refer the pain is going down to your neck. A cervical spondylosis too could cause these symptoms. It makes the neck muscles contract and cause neck and posterior head pain. I would recommend you a good physical examination from a doctor and cervical column xray to rule out this diagnosis. I would like to know if you have proved light massages in the posterior neck . They may help by reducing muscles contractions. Acetaminophen, ibuprofen , naproxene will be helpful too. Hope to have been helpful! Thank you for using HCM! Best wishes Dr. Abaz