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What Causes Pain In Top Of Head Between Ears With Normal MRI?
hello, I have had extreme head pain located on top of my head between my ears, went to the hospital and had an MRI that came back clear, temp is normal, BP is normal, I was taking 4- 222 tablets to help with the pain and it wasn t working very well, I was given a shot and a pill in emergency, they kept me there to see if I would have side effects and didn t, So I was prescribed APO-TRAMADOL HCL 50MG APX and APO-KETOROLAC TROMETHAMINE 10MG APX , these help me cope with the pain as just a bad headache, I can at least get a couple hours of sleep, if I sleep more than 4 hours, when I wake up the pain is unbearable, its the pain that wakes me up, feels as if someone hit me with a hammer, when they told me they were doing an MRI, I thought it would give the cause but puzzled the poop out of me instead, I don t know what to do, is there anyone who can help me ????
Thu, 26 Nov 2015
As you mentioned that its the pain in head, which wakes up you, and your MRI Brain is normal. So there can be few possibilities which also need to be considered.
1) Cluster headache
2) Idiopathic intracranial hypertension
cluster headache is a clinical diagnosis and for IIH, need to do lumbar puncture and see the CSF pressure
1) Cluster headache
2) Idiopathic intracranial hypertension
cluster headache is a clinical diagnosis and for IIH, need to do lumbar puncture and see the CSF pressure
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