headaches

[jncar]

I have been getting headaches for a week where I feel dizzy and I feel that my muscles twitch. I went to the hospital to get my blood tested and had a CAT scan and everything turned out negative but I still feel the same. What can be the factors contributing to my headaches?? I never had them before and I wanted to know if a CAT scan and blood test rule out everything???

[Sumer K Sethi, MD]

CT scan more or less rules out any significant pathology as tumour or meningitis especially if it was with contrast, a consultant with a neurologist will help further, sensitive to light may be an indication of migraine especially if the headache is onesided. However, Your physician will be able to guide you further.

[Sumer K Sethi, MD]

CT scan more or less rules out any significant pathology as tumour or meningitis especially if it was with contrast, a consultant with a neurologist will help further, sensitive to light may be an indication of migraine especially if the headache is onesided. However, Your physician will be able to guide you further.

[jncar]

I have recently been waking up with a stiff neck and headaches. I have been experiencing headaches for about a week now, I have no history of headaches and i'm worried that its something serious. I recently went to the hospital and had blood test and a Cat Scan performed and everything came out normal but i have not improved. Also my eyes feel tired, im sensible to light and my teeth hurt. Would the cat scan rule out anything life threatening such as a tumor or meningitis??

[jncar]

If the ct scan came out normal, does that rule out meningitis???

[Sumer K Sethi, MD]

there can be many causes of headache other than can be detected on CT, various causes can be migraine, sinusitis, hypertension, cervical radiculopathy, anxiety/stress, infections.
There are some features which if you have may point towards migraine--which is usually --Severe , unilateral, throbbing, activity worsening it, nausea, sensitivity to light and sound, further consultation with the physician will help. CT is done usually to exclude some significant intracranial pathology which in your case has come normal.