Tension headaches and chest inflammation Posted: 06-21-07 09:22am
Last year I startes having back and neck
pain, so I went to the doctor and they
said it was just a strained back and it
was making my neck hurt. Then I started
getting headaches and my chest was getting
inflamed, and red. They said it was just
tension headaches and didn't know why my
chest was inflammed, they put me on an
inflammatory medicine. Then the headsache
started getting worse and noticed a lump
in my neck (about 1 cm) above my collar
bone on the left side. They said I was
getting mygraines. Put me on a headache
medicine, didnt work stopped using it. I
figured out that it was me clenching my
teeth, but I still get them sometimes for
no reason. I went to the doctor again and
told them about the lump and they told me
just to watch it. Now I have another one
and they hurt, the pain goes down into my
arm and it feels kind of weak. My armpits
also hurt. And I still have the upper back
pain. I am really worried I need to be
healthy, and be there for my children.
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Cancers Answer A3007 Posted: 07-02-07 03:41am
A headache can be due to many reasons.
Migraine and tension headaches are
different types of headache. The etiology
of the migraine is unknown; in other
words, doctors still do not know the
causes of a migraine. The etiology of a
tension headache can be caused by various
reasons. Muscle pain in the neck or a
tooth disorder can cause tension
headaches, for example.
It is not clear what you mean by “chest
inflammation”. Which part of the chest
is inflamed ? skin, muscles, bones or
lungs? It seems that you meant to describe
a skin inflammation because you mentioned
redness. Skin inflammation can be due to
many reasons but most of these types of
reactions are caused by allergies.Chest
inflammation is not usually connected with
a headache. Further, you'll need to
describe the 2 lumps on your neck better
in order to estimate possible reasons for
them. You'll need several diagnostic
procedures (blood analyses, X-ray image of
the spine, detailed examination of those
lumps etc.) to reveal what is really
happening with you. You can consult an
internist for follow up.
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