I am a 51 year old male who has been
experiencing daily headaches for the last
5 years. I awake each day with a headache.
These headaches are in the back of my head
and usually have some neck pain also. Most
days the pain is mild to moderate and
taking Excedrin will releive them.
Occasionally they are stronger and last
most of the day. I feel that the headaches
occur whenever I lay down - especially if
I lay on my back - for example it can be
the middle of the day and I do not have a
headache, but then if I lay down (not just
on my bed but anywhere) a headache will
develop withing an hour of laying down. I
recently had a complete physical checkup
and doctor says I am in good health.
Doctor does not feel there is any major
problem (such as tumor) due to my having
these headaches for so long - her next
suggestion was an MRI just to be sure.
Also have been seeing a chiropractor for 2
months and this does not seem to be
helping.
Has anyone else experienced these
headaches or have any suggestions?
Thanks!
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MandMs
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Posted: 12-28-07 05:27am
Do you feel nauseous in the mornings?
Are you experiencing jerky, unsteady,
motion of the trunk or the limbs?
Have you noticed that coughing, sneezing,
straining, lifting make worse this type of
headache?
Have you find ringing sensation in one of
your ears?
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Kenny51
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Headaches Posted: 12-28-07 20:09pm
I don't have any of the things you mention
other than the ringing sensation in my
left ear - not sure if I would call it
ringing noise but there is a noise.
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MandMs
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Posted: 01-16-08 05:33am
Have you noticed a hearing loss in the
left ear, too?
Do you sometimes experience vertigo (an
abnormal sensation of movement)?
Do you have pain in the face or left ear?
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Kenny51
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Posted: 01-16-08 20:22pm
My hearing seems ok. I have experienced a
little vertigo on occasion, and sometimes
have a little pain on the left side of my
face and my ear has a sensation of warmth.
DENTAL PROBLEMS MAY BE CAUSING HEADACHES Posted: 01-28-08 14:46pm
I have suffered severe headaches for the
last 10 years or so. I was in my mid 30's
then and had not had a history of
headaches in my youth. It always seemed to
be either 3 to 4 am in the morning that i
would wake up and feel either a headache
coming on or a bad one already there. The
pain is always centred above my left eye.
3 months or so ago i felt bad pain in my
teeth and when i went to the Dentist they
discovered that i had a root canal
infection in my tooth which is in my left
top side of my teeth. I got the root canal
work done and i noticed an almost
immediate drop in the severity of the
headaches. I asked my Doctor who said that
the pain in my temple could easily have
been caused by a festering infection in my
teeth - we just had never considered the
possibility - by the way, when the tooth
was sore, it was always worse when i lay
down which might mean a link to sleeping
then the onset early in the morning each
day SO - i would get your Dentist to do x
rays of your gums/teeth to make sure it
isnt the early stages of root infection
which may be giving you the headaches.
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MandMs
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Posted: 02-11-08 05:49am
Your symptoms can be due to an acoustic
neuroma, benign, slowly growing tumor of
the nerve that connects the ear to the
brain (auditory) nerve.
The most useful (sensitive and specific)
test to identify acoustic neuroma is an
MRI of the head.
