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What is the cause of pulsating headaches?
by orange78, Oct 30, 2009 06:14AM
I recently had laproscopic surgery for endometriosis. Now two weeks post op I am having headaches with lots of pulsation at the nape of my head and on the top. I do take thyroid replacement meds and they put me on birth control. Could this pulsation be caused by one of these meds of something from the surgery?
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Welcome to the forum!
Well, if the laproscopic surgery was done under spinal anesthesia, then what you have is a spinal headache. A headache that worsens on standing up and improves or disappears on lying flat is a spinal headache. This happens when the CSF pressure in the brain falls. This usually happens after spinal anesthesia, spinal taps, or spinal injuries. However in some people this happens without a cause.
The other possibilities of throbbing headache are dental decay and caries and internal ear infection. It could also be tension headache.
Please discuss this with a neurologist. It is difficult to comment beyond this at this stage.
Please let me know if there is any thing else and do keep me posted. Take care!