Headaches

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It can, especially if it contains caffeine. Daily ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin), naproxen (Aleve), and aspirin (Bayer) can cause damage to the stomach lining, and using acetaminophen daily, in particular if you also drink alcohol, can cause damage to the liver. To reduce the risk of stomach problems, take buffered products, such as Migralex.

However, the real concern with taking OTC medication daily is that you could be causing your own chronic headaches. When you take an abortive headache medication with caffeine (Excedrin, Anacin, BC Powder, Quick Release Crystals) more than 2-3 days a week, you can develop rebound headaches. Rebound - because once the medication leaves your system, the headache always returns.

Medication Overuse Headaches are particularly insidious in relation to migraines, because not only can you develop Chronic Daily Headache, but until you remove the offending medication for 6 weeks to 3 months, no preventative medication will work. Rebound headaches can be caused by caffeine (dietary or in medications), by narcotic medications, and by barbiturates. Rebound headache are much less common with aspirin, ibuprofen, and naproxen. In fact, taking aspirin may prevent medication overuse headaches.

Sniffing alcohol is thought to ease headaches. This has never been scientifically proven, but some use it to try and relieve their headaches.

I too spotted and had a light period the next month we found out I was pregnant with our daughter

there are many things that can cause this symptom but the individuals should now the best for them and their cause! for example i suffer from nause from time to time..and the main reason is my anxiety!

This is difficult to answer without more information--it's important to know where the pain is, what type (aching, stabbing, throbbing), and what intensity.

However, sinus headaches are a possibility as they can last quite a long time and do not respond very well to pain medication alone. If it is a sinus headache, you need to take something to get rid of the problem in the sinuses, like Mucinex, for instance, along with the pain medication. Don't expect it to help immediately, but within a day or so the pain should get better. This type of headache would be characterized by pain around the eyes, across the cheeks, or in the forehead--or possibly all three. You might also be congested or have a sore throat.

Sometimes, migraines can last this long as well, and regular pain medication won't kick those, either. For this, you need something that targets migraines specifically, like Maxalt or Imitrex.

If the pain is very intense, it could be cluster headaches. These are very, very painful headaches that last about 15 minutes to 3 hours and occur every day (sometimes several times a day) for a period of time--weeks or even months. They feel like someone's shoving an ice pick into your eye. They occur more frequently in men than women, but some women are unlucky enough to get them as well. The pain is usually on one side of the head, and very rarely switches between sides. Cluster headaches are quite rare, but a possiblity.

Good luck on figuring out your problem. Keep trying the doctors, not all of them are quacks. A neurologist should be able to, at the very least, rule out some possibilities for you.

No, you're just thinking about it way too much. You don't get the morning sickness or any of the above from a couple of days. You should always use protection! If you would have, you wouldn't worry about it now.

Several things can cause pain under a crown. First, how old is the crown. If it was just placed; it could be something simple, like the bite being high and the pressure from biting down eventually irritates the tissues and the tooth starts to throb. If it is an older crown, likely there is decay on the tooth under the crown. If the decay has traveled into the nerve, it is possible the nerve has been damaged and needs endodontic treatment. Usually, the symptoms for this are pain to hot & cold temperatures which linger.

Tension headaches are headaches when you are super tense and it makes your head hurt. Also you could be really stressed and have a tension headache. When your thinking too hard, worried, feeling a bit upset, or the sound is really high up.

At the least, it is just a tension headache. But, for my father, it turned out to be a stroke (it killed him). Go to your Physician and tell him or her about it.

there is a very good chance you are in the early stages of labor. you should call your Dr. and do not hesatate that is why you pay him/her!

did you hit your head? ....

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You are definitely pregnant think about your period has not come yet and your gain weight and throwing up those are all symptoms of your being pregnant

There is usually no symptoms associated with implantation bleeding apart from vaginal bleeding 8-12 days after intercourse. Not every woman will experience implantation bleeding.

There can be many causes. One thing to check out is whether the area has somehow become infected. This could happen if material gets trapped in the piercing. If it continues, it would be a good idea to have it looked at by a health care professional, to rule out something serious (and hopefully, to get some relief).

Stress headaches can start from the shoulders right up to the neck to the base of the skull and are caused by the muscles tensing up without the person realizing it and causing a disruption in proper blood flow. The nerves will also lead up to the jaw area, right up to the eyes and forehead. It's a dull pounding and can also be caused from staring at the computer too long to fluorescent lighting. Many offices are changing to "natural lighting" and computer screens are becoming "more eye friendly." It's wise to cope with your stress headache by taking up yoga, taking a walk during lunch (if at school or work) and learning to cope with stress in a better way. Many Japanese companies have made time for their employees to have a work-out and stretch their muscles and increase their oxygen intake and have a significantly higher rate of work input from their employees.

==Not to be an alarmist, but . . . == . . . fergoodnessake, get her to a doctor RIGHT AWAY! Those symptoms are not signs of stress but of something seriously pathological. It may be a good idea to see if she has any allergies. When I would get headaches like that, always in the same place, the MD first tried to put me on high blood pressure medicine ( I don't have HP). Then I would still get the headaches. I don;t have allergies that I know of except to Codiene, but I had been outdoors alot, grasses, weeding, the weather was dry. I was then given Imatrex to use. It helped if you take it ( I was taking 1/2 pill) once you first sense the headache coming on. Don't wait or it takes longer for it to go away. Even though the Imatrex worked, I didn't want to have to take a pill every day. I told my MD that I thought I might have a sinus infection, I did not have any of the usual signs of having one, but thought it worth a try. I was given a Zpak ($40) for 3 pills, ( antibiotic) it cleared it right up. Not had once since. I also have been using some samples of Nasonex the MD gave me when I notice being stuffed up of having any sinus drainage. Worth a look, hope this helped some. stress, too much sugar, blood pressure may be high, have her checked out by physican as soon as you can there may be an underlying problem It may just be a migraine, these are the symptoms I get. But I did get checked to make sure it was nothing serious as everyone is different. ==Floaters== I, too, see stars and black spots in my eyes. The stars I see right before I get a migraine and the black spots are, the eye doctor told, "floaters" where I have torn something in my eye and it bled, and that is the blood floating around. I would like for you to take her to a doctor. Good luck and God Bless:) ==Black out, not black spots== The question writer mentioned a blackout in one eye, not black spots. Blackouts, full or partial, are common to migraines but could be a symptom of something far more serious. A neurologist should be consulted.

Yes you could be pregnant. Do a home pregnancy test and see your doctor for confirmation whatever the result is.

It's important that you get into your doctor immediately!

You may be surprised I suffered from migrains alot. My Nuerologist took away the depokote and replaced it with a precription of a vitiman Magnesium Oxide Twice daily and I have not had a migrain in a year.

X-rays wouldn't really show much. When I had an X-ray done of my neck it showed the curve of my neckbone being backwards. So I was set up with a MRI to see if I had a herniated disk. The MRI showed degenerative disc disease and a bulging disk. A X-ray won't show those things. It may be disks that are pressing on nerves. I have all of your symptoms and have been diagnosed with fibromyalgia by three family doctors and a reumetologist. I do notice that when I take sinus pills that my symptoms are few. Don't know why. You should ask to see a rheumetologist or a neurologist.