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Thursday, October, 29, 2009

What Causes Pain On Back Of Head?

Health Encyclopedia: Headaches: Cluster Diagnosis

Diagnosis


In two surveys, patients reported a delay of 1 - 6 years in the diagnosis of their headaches. In one of the surveys, migraine-like symptoms (light and sound sensitivity and nausea) were major reasons for the frequent misdiagnosis by family doctors. About a third of the patients sought help from dentists and another third from ear-nose-throat specialists. In most cases, patients were inappropriately treated for other types of headaches (including having sinus surgery).

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...(pam-ih-DRO-nate) Side Effects Mild fever, redness/swelling/pain at the injection site,... Read more »

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...patch is used to treat moderate-to-severe chronic pain (e.g., cancer pain). This medication acts... Read more »

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...Side Effects Dizziness, headache, diarrhea, back pain may occur. If any of these effects persist... Read more »

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...but serious side effects occur: vaginal burning/pain (in women) pain during sex (in women) ... Read more »

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