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Headaches that never end
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Headaches that never end
by concerenedmother, Oct 06, 2005 12:00AM
My son had an visit to the emergency room for a major headache on Sept. 13. After many tests including a spinal that was tramatic they have found nothing. The headaches continue and the pain puts him in bed for days. We did have a blood patch for leakage. Blood work and CT scans and MRI and MRA all fine. The neurologist said it was a post exurcision migrane. But why do they never end and keep coming back. What can we do to get this very active 16 year old back to normal. The doctor mention infussion for the pain if the imetrex does not work. He has missed almost a month of school on and off. Any suggestions to help us. Does he need another blood patch? Why all of a sudden headaches? What is infussion for pain? My neurologist was so busy it seemed as if he blew us off. Something is wrong with this kid. Help
Doctor's Answer
by CCF-Neuro-M.D.-PW, Oct 11, 2005 12:00AM
Blood patches are used for low pressure headaches, such as with a persistent spinal fluid leak from a spinal tap - but if your son had the same headaches before the spinal tap this is unliekly to be the case.
An infusion is an intravenous administration of a stronger pain or headache medication. Types of infusions include Depakote, dihydroergotamine, or steroids - all of which can be effective i naborting an acute headache. When headaches are frequent (more than a few a month) then medication to prevent or reduce the frequency of headaches should be taken such as nadolol, depakote, amitryptaline etc. Your nearest headache neurologist should be aware and experienced with all these meds. Some headache are very sensitive to certain types of medications such as oxygen for cluster headache and indomethacin for hemicrania - again I cannot diagnose these conditions but your local neurologist should be able to
Good luck
It was important to exclude a serious cause to the headache liek you have done ie tumor etc.
An infusion is an intravenous administration of a stronger pain or headache medication. Types of infusions include Depakote, dihydroergotamine, or steroids - all of which can be effective i naborting an acute headache. When headaches are frequent (more than a few a month) then medication to prevent or reduce the frequency of headaches should be taken such as nadolol, depakote, amitryptaline etc. Your nearest headache neurologist should be aware and experienced with all these meds. Some headache are very sensitive to certain types of medications such as oxygen for cluster headache and indomethacin for hemicrania - again I cannot diagnose these conditions but your local neurologist should be able to
Good luck
It was important to exclude a serious cause to the headache liek you have done ie tumor etc.
Cause of headache related to many issue from
example Gastric, Constipations, Not enough sleep,
vision problem or after playing video games.
Lastly don't feel down if doctors can't find anything wrong with you. It maybe a just a symptoms that may change your life for a better one.
The only thing you can do is to:
1. Think positively
2. Eat a healthy diet food
3. Enough exercise
4. Enough sleep
5. Maintain healthy weight.
Doing regular vigorous exercise without eating healthy diet food is actually useless.
There's other alternative therapies for headache example accupunture and reflexology.
Take care and warmest regard..aidle
has your son had any dizzy spells, cranial muscle weakness, or confusion?
susan
Since he was just diagnosed with alzhiemers as well, I get the feeling that won't be much done for him, he takes aricept for the AD.
His headaches were treated with trigger injection and has some pain med but he truly is in agony..
I wonder how big one has to get to have the neurologist send him to a neurosurgeon the quality of his life is one word PAIN
Just curious does your son have a blocked nose? If you get desperate enough I would highly suggest going to a university hospital, these smaller suburban hospitals in my city are questionable at best when it comes to complex problems, IMHO . Good luck