headaches Behind eye

[EmStyles]

Hi i have been experienceing head aches behind my eye usually on the right side so bad that i cant stand light it feels like theres a pressure or weight pushing down on my head I had my eyes tested last year and got reading glasses and got them re tested and kept the same glasses this year but still experienceing headaches they used to be quite often but arent too bad now any idea why i get these headaches? .

[Dr Sharma]

Hello dear and welcome to the medhelp forum. Your symptoms of recurrent acute headaches, unilateral in distribution are suggestive of migraines or cluster headaches. Photophobia, pressure behind the right eye, is seen with migraine headaches. Keep a close watch if you can narrow down any triggering factors in diet or environment. Keep a record of the food items, which lead to an episode. Do you get an aura or a strange feeling, like getting weird smells or sensation that you are about to have a headache? Consult a neurologist for assessment. Management involves a trial of oral painkiller along with anti emetic. There are specific anti migraine medicines to abort an attack. If the frequency of headaches were more than four a month, you would be prescribed drugs that prevent an attack. Avoiding the triggers is important. Wishing you all the best.

[ew91]

Sounds like a migraine. Sometimes an icepack or bag of peas or something on the back of your neck can relieve this headache, or over the counter ibuprofen (if you don't have allergies to it). If that doesn't work, go see a doctor, not an opto.