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Headache with tingling pain

Several weeks ago I got a massive headache in the right side of my head. I went to the ER, and they ran a CT Scan and they said it was a sinus infection and perhaps some fluid buildup around my mastoid. The doctor put me on antibiotics and my headache did go away.
But for the past couple of days, I have had some tingling headaches that originate in the back of my head and has spread all over. Whenever I roll my neck around, the pain heightens in the upper part of my neck and back of my head. The pain isn't too severe, mostly just a "pins-and-needles" type of pain. Other times, the pain seems to be more of a burning pain, that just radiates, but still isn't too bad as far as severity (and I don't think I have a fever). The OTC pain relievers aren't really working right now, as the pain continues.
I am a 21-year-old senior in college applying for law school, but I don't feel like I am too stressed. I am overweight, but my blood pressure is normal. I don't drink too often and don't smoke at all.
On a side note, I did go to the hospital for chest pain a couple weeks ago and it turned out to be acid reflux from the antibiotics I was taking for the sinus infection, and they didn't think anymore of it.
Anybody got any ideas what could be causing this?
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The symptoms you are experiencing might still be related to the initial condition you had  several weeks prior. Mastoiditis, although possible, may be unlikely, especially with the absence of infection and ear discharge.  Consult an ENT for a proper evaluation.  If ENT findings are unremarkable, you should then consult a neurologist.  Although the pain in this case is not severe, it might be a sign of an underlying condition that could be worsening.
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Hi Cory830,
That was a good history of your illness,GOOD!,good history is the most essential part in arriving at a diagnosis.
From your symptoms you seem have caught up with sinisitis and added infection probably.Consult an ENT surgeon.As a rule when you take antibiotics ,take anti-ulcer drugs before food.It goes like this ,have Tablet .Ranitidine(Rantac) 150 mg before food and your antibiotics after food,this prevents the gastric irritation following an antibiotic course.
Do an MRI if the situaton demands, and pain gets worse.
Good luck.
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