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Severe headache, broken vessels in eye, and eye pain
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Severe headache, broken vessels in eye, and eye pain
by Parthenie, Apr 30, 2007 12:00AM
I sometimes have a severe headache that begins with pain just above my eyebrow. The headache is so severe that I have to lie down, and I always fall asleep. These headaches are only on one side of my head or the other - never both sides at the same time. When I awake, the blood vessels in my eye are broken and it is very painful just to move my eye or touch my eye. The pain and the redness subside after about a week. I have had five of these headaches over the last 18 months or so. I had surgery to determine if I had temporal arteritis (on both temples), but the results were negative. None of my doctors can tell me the cause of these headaches. I am a 59 year old female with a history of hypothyroidism (am taking Synthroid), breast cancer, and hypoparathyroidism (am taking Hectorol). Can you help?
Doctor's Answer
by Forum-OD-MP, Apr 30, 2007 12:00AM
well just based on those symptoms, and having ruled out temporal arteritis, my 1st thought is 'cluster headaches' or migraines. you need a workup for migraines if you have not already had one.
