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Constant neck Pain, daily headaches
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Constant neck Pain, daily headaches
by Julia__0__0, May 12, 1998 12:00AM
Good day, and thank you in advance for your reply. I am a chronic headache/migraine sufferer. I have begun treatment with a new neuro who classifies my headaches(which in the past were classified as classic migraines) as "mixed headaches". He has started me on Doxepin, this will be the tenth preventative I will have tried.
My question, I have suffered from two whiplashes in the past and a bad fall in the bathtub, which injured my neck. I always have some sort of neck pain (spasm, stiffness) and feel that as my neck pain increases so do my headaches. What types of tests would show neck injury (I have had a cervical xrays of neck) and what types of meds could help the neck spasms? Do you think cervogenic headaches are related to age or accidents? If a person complained of these symptoms what types of treatments would you try?
Thanks Again!
Dear Julia:
It is difficult to recommend a proper treatment and clinical course
without having examined you. If you think that your symptoms might be
related to cervial problems (and they might very well be) then an MRI
of the cervical spine sould be obtained because it may show problems that
cannot be seen with a plain Xray of the neck.
I hope this helps!
Good Luck!
