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Dev05 posted:
I am a healthy 25 year old female. I suffer from Chronic headaches. Like i have headaches twice - four times a week. They can be dull to really painful. I am not a medicine person at all but will take Ibuprofen if bad enough . I also use icey hot on my neck. Its hard to tell y i have a head ache. I do get tension in my neck and can feel the back of my neck hurting up to the front of my head. I have seen in my Dental X-rays that one of my neck vertebrae is thinner than the others. So i think im more prone to neck pain and the affect of that is a headache. But also i do tend to be anemic (docs can never tell me y ) And i do know anemia causes headaches. Could these both be a reason fro chronic headaches? Or could it be something else.
2 Replies |Watch This Discussion | Report This| Share this:Chronic headachesI am a healthy 25 year old female. I suffer from Chronic headaches. Like i have headaches twice - four times a week. They can be dull to really painful. I am not a medicine person at all but will take Ibuprofen if bad enough . I also use icey hot on my neck. Its hard to tell y i have a head ache. I do get tension in my neck and can feel the back of my neck hurting up to the front of my head. I have seen in my Dental X-rays that one of my neck vertebrae is thinner than the others. So i think im more prone to neck pain and the affect of that is a headache. But also i do tend to be anemic (docs can never tell me y ) And i do know anemia causes headaches. Could these both be a reason fro chronic headaches? Or could it be something else. <br />
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jenlewi responded:
I would suggest getting tested for the anemia when the headache is worst, to determine the possible link between them. I would also suggest seeing a doctor about the neck problem if it might be the cause of the headaches, since treating the symptoms is never as good as treating the cause.
Report This| Share this:Chronic headachesI would suggest getting tested for the anemia when the headache is worst, to determine the possible link between them. I would also suggest seeing a doctor about the neck problem if it might be the cause of the headaches, since treating the symptoms is never as good as treating the cause.
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carpetcrawler5 responded:
There could be many causes for your headache, so seeing a dr would be a good thing. If it might be your neck causing the pain, you can get a steroid injection in your neck, and if that helps, then that could have been it.But if they persist, it could be anything. Get a calendar and write down everything you eat and do each day to try and find triggers.Ibuprofen will make it worse by rebound headaches after they wear off.
Report This| Share this:Chronic headachesThere could be many causes for your headache, so seeing a dr would be a good thing. If it might be your neck causing the pain, you can get a steroid injection in your neck, and if that helps, then that could have been it.But if they persist, it could be anything. Get a calendar and write down everything you eat and do each day to try and find triggers.Ibuprofen will make it worse by rebound headaches after they wear off.
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