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Burning sensation in back of skull
Since the neurology forum is so hard to get into and post a question I'll ask any readers here if anyone has had these symptoms? I get a weird burning sensation in the back of my head, this often starts up in the morning and subsides by evening. The burning sensation seems to be even behind my ears. I also get a sensation of discomfort in my upper neck, right at the base of the skull, like my head is sinking in and compressing something. I have arthritis with bone spurs at C3-4-5-6-7 and thoracic spine. I don't know if this has something to do with my symptoms or not. I had a brain MRI last month and it was normal. My bloodwork is normal too. Has anyone had these symptoms?
Relax, anxiety might be the problem. Just try to relax when ever you feel the burning sensations. Try meditating on a daily basis and try breathing techniques several times a day. Take deep breaths and holthem for 5 seconds, slowly let go and relax your entire body. Try this several times and remember relax.
"burning sensation at the back of my head"
At first i thought it was my head getting hot from my hat (i wear alot of hats). But then i noticed it started happening more often, and i wasnt wearing a hat. I don't know what this could be.. I did hear on someone's post that it could be STRESS. Stress could be a huge part of what's going on, but i still would like to know for sure. I will be making an appt with my Dr. I'll post if there's anything unusual going on with my health.
At first i thought it was my head getting hot from my hat (i wear alot of hats). But then i noticed it started happening more often, and i wasnt wearing a hat. I don't know what this could be.. I did hear on someone's post that it could be STRESS. Stress could be a huge part of what's going on, but i still would like to know for sure. I will be making an appt with my Dr. I'll post if there's anything unusual going on with my health.
I too have suffered from headaches for years. However, the past year my headaches have increased tremendously. Out of a 7 day period, I now have a headache about 4-5 days. My pain level usually starts at a dull 4 or 5, but then by the 2nd or 3rd day jumps to 7 to 9. I have taken so many over the counter pain relievers that I think I am becoming immune to them, so I tend to take large doses. I do however get relief from a neck and upper back message from my husband.
My husband had a very serious motorcycle injury years ago that sent him to a chiropractor (sp?) for several months where he learned lots of message techniques to cure back pain and headaches.
He lubricates my skin, messages my neck and back, then gently turns my head from side to side while pulling my head which stretches the muscles in my neck and back (sounds odd, but this really helps). He can usually feel what we call "crunchies" in my neck. This has gone on for a year. I've been told these are caused by spasms, but noone has ever felt a spasm in my back. Odd, but, with hubby able to give me short term relief, I've just learned to live with it.
However, today the headache changed and now I have a very painful burning sensation. This new headached started at about a painlevel of 5 and within just a few hours, (now instead of days) it jumped to a 9. The front-right side of my head started to burn from the inside out. I've never experienced burning before.
I was so afraid and in so much pain that I took 5 - 250mg aspirin to try to stop the pain. Unfortunately, I think 5 aspirin is too much for me and I became very nauseous, but the headache and burning subsided within about 10-15 minutes. However, after about another 40 minutes a milder burning sensation and headache returned. It almost feels like the aspirin just masked the burning but that it's still there. Now the burn has traveled to the back of my head, still mostly on the right to middle side. I can feel what I can only describe as a "path of burn" from the right-front of my head to the back middle of my neck. It is very very odd, I've never felt anything like this before. I have a mild burn sensation behind my right ear. I've heard stroke victims have 1 side of their body suffer injury...I wonder if its something like that???
It's 3:38AM and I'm just trying to stay calm to see if this goes away, but I really want to wake my husband and ask him to take me to the ER. I hope I'm not making a big deal out of nothing. I hate this, about 20 years ago I had a doctor tell me after complaining about headaches that I was a hypercondriach. Now, I'm half afraid to go to a doctor for fear that maybe its all in my head (haha) but twenty years later and these headaches have just gotten worse and worse over time.
Actually, I can clearly remember only 1 time in my life when I was headache Free for a long period and that was when I was pregnant with my second child. The whole time I remember talking about how I had not had a headache for months, which was very odd for me.
Hmmm, I wonder if this is estrogen related as noted above by jenny5309. I am only 38 and not in menopause (just had a baby last year), but don't estrogen levels increase when your pregnant??? I'm going to do some research on this and MAYBE tell my doctor. I'll report back if I make any discoveries.
Okay,,well I feel better just writing about this and seeing there are others with this weird brain burn feeling.
My husband had a very serious motorcycle injury years ago that sent him to a chiropractor (sp?) for several months where he learned lots of message techniques to cure back pain and headaches.
He lubricates my skin, messages my neck and back, then gently turns my head from side to side while pulling my head which stretches the muscles in my neck and back (sounds odd, but this really helps). He can usually feel what we call "crunchies" in my neck. This has gone on for a year. I've been told these are caused by spasms, but noone has ever felt a spasm in my back. Odd, but, with hubby able to give me short term relief, I've just learned to live with it.
However, today the headache changed and now I have a very painful burning sensation. This new headached started at about a painlevel of 5 and within just a few hours, (now instead of days) it jumped to a 9. The front-right side of my head started to burn from the inside out. I've never experienced burning before.
I was so afraid and in so much pain that I took 5 - 250mg aspirin to try to stop the pain. Unfortunately, I think 5 aspirin is too much for me and I became very nauseous, but the headache and burning subsided within about 10-15 minutes. However, after about another 40 minutes a milder burning sensation and headache returned. It almost feels like the aspirin just masked the burning but that it's still there. Now the burn has traveled to the back of my head, still mostly on the right to middle side. I can feel what I can only describe as a "path of burn" from the right-front of my head to the back middle of my neck. It is very very odd, I've never felt anything like this before. I have a mild burn sensation behind my right ear. I've heard stroke victims have 1 side of their body suffer injury...I wonder if its something like that???
It's 3:38AM and I'm just trying to stay calm to see if this goes away, but I really want to wake my husband and ask him to take me to the ER. I hope I'm not making a big deal out of nothing. I hate this, about 20 years ago I had a doctor tell me after complaining about headaches that I was a hypercondriach. Now, I'm half afraid to go to a doctor for fear that maybe its all in my head (haha) but twenty years later and these headaches have just gotten worse and worse over time.
Actually, I can clearly remember only 1 time in my life when I was headache Free for a long period and that was when I was pregnant with my second child. The whole time I remember talking about how I had not had a headache for months, which was very odd for me.
Hmmm, I wonder if this is estrogen related as noted above by jenny5309. I am only 38 and not in menopause (just had a baby last year), but don't estrogen levels increase when your pregnant??? I'm going to do some research on this and MAYBE tell my doctor. I'll report back if I make any discoveries.
Okay,,well I feel better just writing about this and seeing there are others with this weird brain burn feeling.
i hope i have an answer for women that have burning and itchy scalp. it is either low estrogen or high testerone. i have research this for almost a year because i was brush off by doctors... i am going to the the doctor on friday to get hormones... if is going to kill thats ok... better that then not being able to function..
jenny
jenny
NOTE: Has anyone found relief or an answer to the burning pains which cover the scalp and base of the skull??????......
Please Please get back to me,
Richard
Please Please get back to me,
Richard
Hi, My Name is Richard, from London in the UK.
I must stress the fact so many of us here have this problem with the Burning Pain across the scalp, behind our ears, at the base of our skulls etc and nothing yet is working is terrible!... I am 22 and lived with constant headaches now for almost 6 years. The burning pain began after 2 years of headaches and i have seen every good Neurologist here in the UK all over London and spent thousands on treatments from all over the place!...
Please can we all get in proper contact to try and sort this out. All of our lives are effected, personally i don't want to live anymore if the Doctors can't or won't be able to stop this irritating burning itching pain all over my head now!...
My direct email address is: ***@****
Please people email me and lets see what we can do together.
Best Wishes to you all, i am 22 and i cannot bare any of this anymore!
Richard
I must stress the fact so many of us here have this problem with the Burning Pain across the scalp, behind our ears, at the base of our skulls etc and nothing yet is working is terrible!... I am 22 and lived with constant headaches now for almost 6 years. The burning pain began after 2 years of headaches and i have seen every good Neurologist here in the UK all over London and spent thousands on treatments from all over the place!...
Please can we all get in proper contact to try and sort this out. All of our lives are effected, personally i don't want to live anymore if the Doctors can't or won't be able to stop this irritating burning itching pain all over my head now!...
My direct email address is: ***@****
Please people email me and lets see what we can do together.
Best Wishes to you all, i am 22 and i cannot bare any of this anymore!
Richard
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