Shooting Pain from Neck to Top of Head (Scalp)

[Tinkerblu]

i woke up yesterday with a pain on the right side of my neck; I do have bone spurs.  Last night it has progressed to sharp shooting pains to my ear and top of my scalp (I cannot even touch my hair).  Advil doesn't work nor did Fioricet.  Can the bone spurs in my neck be causng this problem .. I did lift some heavy boxes the other day and that night it started to act up.

I am in a lot of pain so any suggestions are welcome.

Thanks.

[Tinkerblu]

I have seen a neuro and he told me about my degerative bone disease in my neck and bone spurs which as years go by would aggravate me.  I believe because I was lifting heavy boxes at work that I somehow pinched a nerve in my neck and it has caused the pain (tender to the touch) in my neck and then shoots from there to ear and top of scalp.  I just don't know what to take for it as I have no insurance at present and tylenol, advil do not work.

But thank you for your comment.

[Dr. A. Srivastava]

Thank you for your question. It appear like temporal arteritis or occipital neuralgia condition, although without being able to examine you I can not offer you the specific advice on diagnosis and treatment that you need, but I would try to provide you some relevant information about your health concern.

In temporal arteritis or occipital neuralgia condition, headache is usually concentrated in the one region of your head and it is tender to touch and things like combing your hair may be painful. But in addition to this for any persistent headaches, possibilities like migrainous, cluster, tension, cervical spine (pinched nerve) and refractive errors that need to be evaluated thoroughly with the help of a neurologist here. Migraine like headache can be throbbing, one sided of face & head and preceded by aura (starts with blurred vision). Cluster headache may appear as burning, explosive in nature and tear appears from eyes. Tension headache originates with stress and anxiety disorder. Please arrange an appointment with a neurologist right away who will evaluate the further underlying disorders by clinically examine you & ordering MRI or CT scan here that may be the main reasons of your headache attacks & other symptoms and can provide you an appropriate treatment. Hope this information proves helpful to you. Take Care & Regards!!!