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Headache not a brain tumour then

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hmb · 01/12/2004 11:33

I have had a headache now for 8 days, and have never had one quite like this. Finaly went to the doc and it seems as if my blood pressure 160/82 could be the cause. So I'm off for some tests, what fun.

The headache starts at the back and moves forward, one side only, it is fine when I have just woken up and gets worse through the day and when I move. Anyone had one like this, and if so what helped, how long did it last?

The Ibuprofen Queen

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prefernot · 01/12/2004 12:04

I had a headache recently that went on for almost 2 weeks but my blood pressure is quite low. It's gone now and I've no idea what caused it. It coincided with giving up smoking but went on way beyond the 3 days in which one may get a headache from nicotine withdrawal. I thought high blood pressure headaches were meant to be worse first thing in the morning and pounding on the top of the head? Yours may be a cluster headache which is what I think mine probably was. There's quite a bit of info on it.

Hope it stops. It's horrible. I thought I was probably destroying my liver with all the pain relief stuff I was on in the end.

misdee · 01/12/2004 12:20

i suffered terrible headaches about 3 years ago. i was in tears with them. turne dout i needed glasses.

Easy · 01/12/2004 12:30

hmb
Try changing your painkillers. You can get into a cycle when you build up using the same painkillers, where they actually cause the headache. So if you've lived on Ibuprofen for the last few days, swap to paracetamol for a day, see if it helps.

If your headache has become severe by the time you went to the docs, the pain could be causing your high blood pressure.

SantaFio2 · 01/12/2004 12:33

is it definately not a migraine? i have migraines that last for days and they are no fun

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hmb · 01/12/2004 12:33

Can't be vision, as I Know I am as blind as a bat and have the glasses to prove it.

Good point about the b/p being the effect and not the cause. I was just glas it wasn't a tumour

With dh's medical history I'm a bit twitchy when it comes to illness!

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hmb · 01/12/2004 12:35

I've had a megrane and although the pain is like it, it isn't there all the time (fine when I get up and then gets worst thru the day). Also they have never laster more than a day or so. I'm not in work I feel so grim but it sounds so wet, 'I've got a bad head' IYSWIM

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