Occipital Nerve Block
In pregnancy my wife take zocef 500 medicine and after she has headache problem how to cure hurry. ...
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During pregnancy many medications are not safe but paracetamol 1 gm as and when needed with antisickness tablets like prochloperazine can be helpful. Ensure plenty of fluids. Very severe cases can be treated with greater occipital nerve block injection during pregnancy. Very rarely, sumatriptan can be used to treat migraine in pregnancy.
I am suffering from headaches last 5 years, headache comes back of the head, I treated for migraine, tension, and occipi ...
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No need for any nerve block. Change your doctor first .you have a lifestyle disease which is curable, headache has multiple causes which needs to be evaluated only with a detailed dietary and lifestyle history taking, doing the right blood tests -includes 4 inflammatory markers ,12 vitamin levels and 8 mineral levels which are related to your headache .this detailed history and blood testing which has not been done by your Dr. will never find the root cause of your headache free advice will never work because your disease triggers needs to be identified which is time consuming .you have to understand this first. You only get what you pay .doctors are more interested in controlling disease than curing disease which is more profitable to them. You have not provided details like your nature of job, dietary habits, lifestyle,sleep, stress ,environment where you live and work. These factors are triggers for your headache I cannot treat what I cannot see. Send feedback with name and number and take a consultation if you really value your health and if you are serious about finding the root cause of your headache and fixing it permanently. Dr. shopping for free advice on various online sites will never work.
Sir please help me, mera baby 28 jan 2019 ko cesarian se hua, mujhe full anesthesia dia tha, meine labor pain bhi lia or ...
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Well lybrate-user, here I the cyst imaging I would like to know and your pain must be related to spinal anesthesia often therapy called epidural blood patch helps let me know your further plan in private consult hope you have finished tamiflu course and please wear mask n (% with baby until 21 days after completion of therapy.
My age is 18 year. The nerve of the back part of my head (left part up to left ear) pains on pressing. And when I speak ...
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Dear lybrate-user, You may be suffering from a rare form of neuralgia called occipital neuralgia. It is usually paroxysmal painful condition triggered by some maneuvers (as you described) may also have tenderness. It definitely has got management like medical, posture correction, nerve blocks and in refractory cases neurosurgical intervention. But first of all please attend a Neurologist who can pinpoint your diagnosis and guide you properly. Wish you all the best!
My friend has headache in occipital region. What are the causes for this and what is probable diagnosis? ...
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1.Take one tablet of crocin pain relief as and when required after food up to a maximum of 3 tablets daily, 2.Drink plenty of water 3.Take adequate rest 4.Have adequate sound sleep in the night for 7-8 hours If you have recurrent attack of headache1.It could be a tension headache due to anxiety/stress, depression inadequate sleep, Low BP/High BP, migraine, prolonged use of cell phone/computer, chronic anaemia, refractive error, chronic sinusitis, organic brain lesion 2.Avoid stress, physical and mental exertion, ,have adequate sound sleep for 7-8 hours daily in the night 3.Go for regular exercise 4.Practice yoga, meditation and deep breathing exercise to calm your mind, control your emotion and relieve stress 5.Check for refractive error, sinusitis Hemoglobin, BP 6. Avoid prolonged use of cell phone/computer 7.Consult Neurologist to rule out other causes of headache, if required take a CT scan /MRI of brain to exclude any brain lesion 8.If it is migraine you have to take migraine prophylactic drug after consulting neurologist.
I am suffering from depression and severe headache from long time. Can you suggest me some medicines to cure? ...
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Depression and headaches can lead to one another or coexist. In your case, further details like character of headache and feature of depression are needed. Specially any treatment you have taken so far. Both conditions can be managed by medicines, lifestyle changes and intervention if needed. For headache treatment like botulinum injection or occipital nerve blocks can help depending on the cause of headache. Follow these lifestyle changes to avoid headache 1. Maintain regular sleep wake cycle, even on holiday's. 2. Don't skip meals. Take regular healthy diet with adequate fluids 3. Do not consume excess caffeine / carbohydrates / alcohol or smoke. 4. Exercise daily ( aerobics and cardiovascular) 5. Identify your headache trigger and try to avoid it.
I am having head ache at times at back side of my head. Had sinus problems before and surgery was done years ago. Can yo ...
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Pain at backside of head is generally due to problem in cervical spine (spine of neck). 1. Intervertebral disc prolapse in cervical spine. 2. Neck muscle strain. 3. Occipital neuralgia: entrapment of nerves at back of head. Diagnosis can be made by detailed symptoms of patient and examination findings. Mri cervical spine may be needed to confirm the diagnosis. Follow these tips to get relief; 1. Take simple analgesics like paracetamol or ibuprofen round the clock for 4 to 5 days. 2. Apply warm water bag on neck if you find it soothing. 3. Do neck stretching exercises after pain is relieved. 4. Maintain good posture during work or reading to relieve neck strain. Avoid reading or computer work with neck bent. Keep text books at eye level. 5. Consult a pain specialist to get relief from severe pain with injection known as occipital nerve block at back of head. If problem is persistent you need to consult again.
I have regular head pain back side and front side. I have gone for I check up but everything is fine. What should I do. ...
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Headache occurring at back side of head could be due to 1. Facet arthropathy of cervical spine: degenerative changes occur in cervical spine joints (neck spine). Consult a pain specialist to get cervical facet injection for relief. 2. Occipital neuralgia: pain along nerve distribution in scalp. This can be treated by occipital nerve block. 3. Other causes can be tumor, infections etc. Consult a pain specialist and get detailed evaluation for relief. For temporary relief take over r the counter painkillers like ibuprofen.
My Wife is 40 years old, housewife, She is having history of Migraine since 20 years which is not regular, during extrem ...
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Please take 1. Abhra rasayan 1 tab, morning and evening with pathyaksha dhatryadi kashayam tablet 3.2. Shyama chintamani ras 1 tab, 9 am and 9 pm with jatamansi pachan. I have never seen a patient who did not get cured of migraine after using the medicine. This is very much useful.
I am 23 years old, I have pain in my head for about 3 years and I consulted doctors and they told that I have migraine p ...
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Migraine headache is characterised by unilateral pulsating headache associated with nause/vomiting and photophobia / phonophobia. There are triggers for migraine like sun exposure, certain foods or smell, lack of sleep, excess caffeine etc. The triggers are variable for different patients. Migraine attacks can be managed by simple painkillers like paracetamol but in resistant cases drugs like Sumatriptan may be needed. For frequent episodes of migraine preventive medications are to be taken by prescription. There are various medicines available for this and if control is not achieved with one medicine another drug is to be added. Don't take painkillers daily for migraine headaches , it's better to take the preventive medicines. Painkillers on long term basis can further aggravate the migraine headache into Medication Overuse Headace (Read my health tips on Medication Overuse Headace ) Follow these lifestyle changes to avoid migraine headache 1. Maintain regular sleep wake cycle, even on holiday's. 2. Don't skip meals. Take regular healthy diet with adequate fluids 3. Do not consume excess caffeine / carbohydrates / alcohol or smoke. 4. Exercise daily ( aerobics and cardiovascular) 5. Identify your headache trigger and try to avoid it. 6. Do pranayam daily. 7. Acupuncture treatment has shown some benefits in migraine. In your case there might be benefit from a injection called Occipital nerve block in scalp. Consult a pain specialist for such injection or therapies like dry needling or botulinum injections for your problem. Consult again for further queries.
