Tension headache, Tumor, or Meningitis? Posted: 11-03-06 11:58am
Hi. Last Friday I had a bit of a stomach
flu throwing up and watery diarreah all
day, saturday felt a little better, went
out had a few drinks, kept everything
down...however started having a pain in my
neck to very upper back when I was gettin
ready which started on saturday...i have
ahd this pain before due to whiplast last
february, and an incident doing headstands
and kidn of tworking my neck, but along
with the other symptoms i got worried. As
of MOnday I still have the sore neck upper
back, and my head feels heavyalmost light
headed but not, feels like a tension
headache at the base of my skull and like
someone has their hand on my head and
squeezes off and on not very painful just
a weird sensation...I worry constantly and
my mind has crossed everywhere from brain
tumors, to meningitis...I hav never had
this sensation before, and reading online
scares me more...any thing you may knwo on
it would be greatly appreciated.
Stomach and intestinal problems probably
have no connection with the pain in the
neck and head. Brain tumors, meningitis
and other severe diseases are out of the
question.
Tension headaches are often due to the
contraction of the muscles of the neck and
the scalp. One cause of this muscle
contraction is a response to stress,
depression or anxiety. Any activity that
causes the head to be held in one position
for a long time without moving can cause a
headache. Such activities include typing
or use of computers, fine work with the
hands, and use of a microscope. Sleeping
in a cold room or sleeping with the neck
in an abnormal position may also trigger
this type of headache.
Drinking alcohol and old neck injuries may
also have some negative impact.
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