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Pinched Nerve or something else?

About a couple months ago I had problems with my gallbladder and tests were done to prove my gallbladder was functioning below normal.  I lost weight and that seemed to help my problems and nothing else has been done further.  However, I started to get headaches and I had this burning sensation on top of my head, as well as pressure that felt like I had a bowl on my head.  I would get these horrible headaches and sometimes pressure behind my nose.  I went to the doctor wondering if something was going on with my sinuses.  He had me do Afirin, saline nasal spray, and  Benedryl.  This did nothing.  I then started getting a very stiff sore neck and so then I went to a chiropractor to relieve the tension.  However, now the burning sensation on the top of my head is worse and is tender to touch and my eye has started to twitch and is twitching more on day three.  
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623823 tn?1357416657
ok fine now I understatnd well that you are a laboratorian and near you there are hundreds of factors that may cause this burning sensation in the scalp... generally CO, CO2 alone can cause this.. but you can also do a brain MRI to totally cancel this worrying, and that could be agood idea to find peace of mind.
No worries.
you are most welcome
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Actually I just noticed something, I was laying down with my son and when I got up the other side of my temple started throbbing, for a few seconds.  My eye twitches when I am playing, moving my head quickly, with the boys and sometimes when I touch my head or outside of my eye.  Beginning to wonder what is going on and why I am so sensitive in my head? The burning is pretty constant and I am not sensitive to light, but noise does bother me.  Sometimes my teeth hurts to when I bend down.  
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I was taking Prilosec OTC, but stopped taking it because I haven't been having a problem with the gallbladder since I lost ten pounds.  So right now I am not on any medications.  I did have my blood pressure taken a couple weeks ago when I saw the doctor.  My blood pressure is generally low.  I am just thinking if the chiropractor adjustments are actually making this worse or if there is something else going on.  I almost wonder if it is a chemical burn, I do work in a laboratory and we work with hexane under the hood and other chemicals.  I know there are many possibilities, and wondering if I need to see a neurologist or perhaps wait until my next neck adjustment.  
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623823 tn?1357416657
As you are telling me, I can only see a meticulous review of your lastly taken medications. So please lets start to find out if there is any medication side effects... everything started with the gallbledder issue!
Also I want you to take a look about your blood pressure.
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