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What Causes Recurring Headaches,vision Sensitivity To Light And Nausea?
For the past month I ve been having headaches. Some days are mild, some days are intense. For the last 2-3 weeks along with these headaches any type of light even from my phone had been hurting my eyes and making my already occurring headaches worse! Within these last 24 hours, I ve been experiencing these headaches with light sensitivity and now with nausea and feeling of either being over heated or really cold. What could this be? Should I go to a hospital?
Fri, 22 May 2015
Hi,
Welcome to health care magic,
It could be tension headache or migraine.
Tension headache is a primary or simple headache caused by some precipitating or triggering factor which is relieved by OTC analgesics
(ibuprofen,naproxen,diclofenac) and eliminating this triggering factor.
Tension headache may last for few hours to some days depending on triggering or precipitating factor like heavy sunlight exposure,sleep deprivation,wrong or uncomfortable posture,eye strains,stress,long working hours in one position etc.
Migraine is a recurrent headache associated with nausea,vomiting or photo-phobia.
Generally it occurs at only one side of head and characterized by pulsating over head and generally not relieved by OTC analgesics.
You are a likely to be having a migraine type of headache as it is not accompanied by nausea or vomiting or but the other symptoms in your case are there like photosesitivity.
Take OTC analgesic which suits you and take bed rest or sleep with muscle relaxant and antacid if gas trouble.Try to avoid contact with triggering factor (here sunlight exposure).
If it is not relieved in-spite of taking treatment then you can see neurologist and undergo clinical examination, routine blood investigations,electroencephalogram or CT brain but only after neurologist advise.
Regards,
Welcome to health care magic,
It could be tension headache or migraine.
Tension headache is a primary or simple headache caused by some precipitating or triggering factor which is relieved by OTC analgesics
(ibuprofen,naproxen,diclofenac) and eliminating this triggering factor.
Tension headache may last for few hours to some days depending on triggering or precipitating factor like heavy sunlight exposure,sleep deprivation,wrong or uncomfortable posture,eye strains,stress,long working hours in one position etc.
Migraine is a recurrent headache associated with nausea,vomiting or photo-phobia.
Generally it occurs at only one side of head and characterized by pulsating over head and generally not relieved by OTC analgesics.
You are a likely to be having a migraine type of headache as it is not accompanied by nausea or vomiting or but the other symptoms in your case are there like photosesitivity.
Take OTC analgesic which suits you and take bed rest or sleep with muscle relaxant and antacid if gas trouble.Try to avoid contact with triggering factor (here sunlight exposure).
If it is not relieved in-spite of taking treatment then you can see neurologist and undergo clinical examination, routine blood investigations,electroencephalogram or CT brain but only after neurologist advise.
Regards,
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