Headache visits each of us from time to time. At the same time, we rarely pay attention to exactly where it hurts, and we are in a hurry to take an anesthetic drug. Sometimes we just endure, waiting for this torment to end.
It turns out, in vain! With recurring headaches, you should go to a consultation with a specialist and find out why the right side of the head, left, back of the head or forehead hurts.
And if you are attentive to your feelings at the same time, you will understand which doctor you should go to: an ophthalmologist, a neurologist or an otorhinolaryngologist, you just have to understand the symptoms well.
How a migraine manifests
If you often have pain on the right side of your head, covering the eye and the temporal part, then, as a rule, this is a sign of a migraine. Most often, the onset of an attack of such a headache is preceded by the flashing of black dots before the eyes, the appearanceflashes of light, and sometimes a deterioration in coordination of movements. This "bouquet" can also be accompanied by disorders of smell and hearing.
Because of what causes this problem in some people (note, most often in women), is currently unknown. It was only possible to accurately determine that if the mother had a predisposition to frequent headaches, then the daughter would most likely suffer from the same problems. Another cause of migraine, researchers call an imbalance of mediators (substances involved in the transmission of impulses between brain cells).
At the time of a migraine attack, as already mentioned, most often the head hurts on the right side of the temple and around the eye, a person may experience nausea, he may vomit, and any sound or bright light intensifies the pain. Such a nightmare can last from several hours to several days, causing problems with urination and stool.
How is a migraine treated?
In modern medicine, alas, there is no cure for true migraine. But with the right selection of drugs, as well as with the observance of the rules established by doctors, the patient manages to prevent attacks and significantly reduce their intensity.
If the right side of the head hurts and a migraine is diagnosed, then drugs are needed that relieve spasm of cerebral vessels (No-shpa, nicotinic acid, Baralgin, Nitroglycerin in small doses, etc.). This usually prevents the development of an attack. But if it nevertheless intensified, then it is recommendedvasoconstrictors, such as Ergotamine, Bellergal, Metisegide, etc. To reduce serotonin levels, Curantil, Indomethacin, etc. are used. Antidepressants and tranquilizers are also beneficial in these cases.
But it should be remembered that the selection of drugs is always strictly individual, and self-medication in this case leads to dangerous consequences!
Cervical migraine
In addition to the mentioned disease, there are several other ailments, the main manifestation of which is a severe headache, but they have nothing to do with true migraine.
As a result of the impact on the vertebral artery of overgrown cartilaginous and bone structures, a so-called cervical migraine can develop in a person. As a rule, it is associated with osteochondrosis in the cervical spine (first and second vertebrae), but there are known cases of symptoms of this disease as a result of injury.
Compression or irritation of the artery that occurs in such cases, provokes the occurrence of spasms of blood vessels inside the brain, which causes migraine-like manifestations. A person has a headache in the back of the head on the right, this burning throbbing pain radiates to the temple, the superciliary part, sometimes causes visual disturbances in the form of fog before the eyes or a feeling of sand in the eyes. Turning the head is accompanied by an increase in painful manifestations, as well as a feeling of heat or chills.
Patients also experienced dizziness, as well as tinnitus and hearing loss.
All listedthe above symptoms require a mandatory visit to a neurologist for diagnosis and treatment selection.
What should I do if my head hurts only on the right side?
True migraine in most cases changes the localization of painful sensations from attack to attack, so if they are moderate and located all the time in one place, for example, the right side of the head constantly hurts, then we can talk about some volumetric pathological process. It can also be a sign of a hemorrhage after an injury, tumor, brain abscess or parasitic invasion, etc.
With symptoms like these, you should urgently go to a neurologist and conduct diagnostic tests to rule out or confirm suspicions.
Chronic paroxysmal hemicrania
To understand, for example, why the right side of the head hurts, one should also remember such a painful, daily reminder of itself disease as paroxysmal hemicrania.
Pain with this diagnosis is usually burning, boring. It always covers the same part of the head and can be repeated up to 16 times a day! The disease also covers the eye, which is why its retraction is observed, the protein turns red, and the pupil narrows. The affected side of the nose is usually stuffy and tear fluid comes out of the eye.
As confirmed by medical practice, when diagnosing paroxysmal hemicrania, the drug "Indomethacin", taken orally at a dosage of up to 200 mg per day, has the greatest effectiveness in therapy.
Cluster headache
Cluster headache manifests itself as severe attacks, from which patients try to get rid of by any means, sometimes even committing suicide. People describe their sensations as a sudden, unpredictable pain attack that reaches its maximum after a few minutes. The frequency of such attacks can range from 6 times a day to 1 time per week.
By the way, men are most often affected by this disease. Interestingly, with this diagnosis, the right side of the head or the left side always hurts the same. The pain is localized around the eye, spreading to the temple, forehead or cheek. And this happens from attack to attack, without changing.
After the diagnosis is clarified, the patient is usually prescribed sedatives and hypnotics, vitamins, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, as well as Verapamil, Topiramate and Lithium Carbonate (as a preventive measure).
What to do if the head hurts behind the ear on the right
Pain behind the ear on the right or left may be a signal of complications after suffering otitis media or inflammation of the middle ear. In a situation where the disease was treated insufficiently or not treated at all, purulent contents may accumulate in the middle ear cavity, which causes shooting pain.
If the head hurts behind the ear on the right or left, signaling a complication, then it is impossible to get rid of this pathology using only ear drops, complex treatment is required. For this, steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and antibiotics are used (Sofradex,"Polydex", "Garazon"). Pain helps reduce Otipax drops.
Hypertension headache
When pressure increases, the patient may also experience dull pain in the back of the head, as a rule, it hurts at the back on the right. The head "makes itself felt" already in the morning hours and the symptom weakens only by noon. At the same time, an increase in poor he alth during physical effort or mental stress is also characteristic. Sometimes the described symptoms are accompanied by hearing impairment and a feeling of congestion in the ears.
Headache with increased pressure is treated along with the underlying disease that caused it. This requires constant monitoring of blood pressure levels and taking medications that maintain it in a normal state. Only a specialist selects the dosage and type of medicines taken, since in each case the combination of medicines may be different.
Headache on the right: what other diseases are hidden behind this?
In addition to the pathologies described above, it should be taken into account that the symptoms of glaucoma or inflammatory diseases of the organs of vision (uveitis, iritis, iridocyclitis) can also be manifested by headache on one side (along the trigeminal nerve).
Sinusitis is almost always accompanied by a feeling of fullness and a feeling that the head hurts on the right or left in the fronto-orbital region. By the way, chronic sinusitis causes a constant dull headache, which is expressed either by increasing or decreasing diffuse attacks.
Be careful with yourself
As you already understood, where and how your head hurts indicates various pathological processes taking place in the body. So, the causes of pain in the temples are usually a sign of circulatory disorders, and the factors provoking this symptom may be smoking or oxygen starvation, dental or cardiovascular problems are no less rare.
If, for example, it hurts from the back on the right, the head signals a pathology of the spine or changes in blood pressure, and the causes of pain in the frontal part are increased eye pressure and infections of the maxillary sinuses.
If you pay attention to yourself, you will understand which specialist you should turn to for help. Depending on whether the head hurts on the top right, on the left in the back of the head, or completely, the specialist, after conducting the necessary examinations and establishing an accurate diagnosis, will prescribe a treatment that will help you get rid of the painful symptoms. Stay he althy!
