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Q: Shooting pains in head

asked by: cara1982 on May 12th, 2009

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I was just curious if anyone else experiences this. The only other peron I've ever met that does is my boyfriend, strangley enough.

Well anyways, I rarely ever get headaches and if I do there dull. Maybe one or two migraines ever and they weren't even sever only know it was a migraine becasue I had the loss of vision in one eye (or blurry) yah know.

Well I will get shooting pains in my head, almost lke someone is stabbing me in one paticular spot on my head. Although the area ranges from every epsiode. Normally last just 30 sec., sometimes minutes, then disappears. Happens sometimes mutiple times in a week. But I won't experience it again for months.

Anyone else experience anything like this and is should I be worried? It's painful when it happens but not debilating so I've never even mentioned it to my doctor. I got enough other issues. LOL.

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Dr. Paul Wira , PHD

replied on May 25th, 2009

Evaluating your problem will begin with your telling your family doctor about it. There are causes for your problems. Also, see your dentist/TMJ specialist. Varied headaches with eye and vision complications, are directly related tho jaw/muscle disfunction. Since your boyfriend also has these issues, make appointments together.

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