Q: Diagnosing a Headache...is it Serious?
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on July 24th, 2006
For about a month now, I have had a shooting pain that comes and goes on the left side of my head, above my left ear. I do also have mild allergy/sinus problems. This headache has been localized in this one area and seems to be persistent lately. I have taken ibuprofen at times, but it does not seem to help a whole lot. At times I even begin to feel it deep in my left ear. It's not so much a throbbing pain, as it is a shooting pain. It then just seems to stay for several minutes at a time, up to a few hours at a time. What might be causing this type of headache? Could it be serious?
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