Joined: 09 Jul 2008 Posts: 3 Location: West Sussex, England
Momentory headaches Posted: 07-09-08 15:36pm
2008 July 08. Hugo’s story. I am just 7
years old and a boy. On the 24th May 2008
I was at home with a friend when all of a
sudden I had this sharp headache which
lasted just a moment. Later I had another
one. the next day I had a couple more and
gradually they have increased in severity
and also in number; for instance today I
have had somewhere between 80 and a
hundred separate headaches. They are not
always the same. Sometimes they are like a
stab; they last for maybe a second or two
and mostly will be like somebody has
tapped six times or so quickly in my head.
Other times, occasionally they are like
someone stretched my brain and sometimes I
will get it over my right eyebrow, though
99% they are on the side of my head
towards the front, but always it only
lasts for a second or two. My dad feels
that it has often started with activity.
Usually 10 minutes after I get up in the
morning and I start moving around I will
get the first one. Maybe we go out and
play ball and I will start getting them
again. Other times we might be home just
reading and I will get them. They have
never interrupted my sleep. We just
can’t nail down any exact cause and
affect situation. Coincidentally I started
to have night time nasal stuffiness and
one Dr thinks that this could be the cause
and prescribed ‘Beconase nose spray’
which I use at bedtime. Helps my nasal
condition but has had no effect on the
headaches. Since they started I have been
examined by five different doctors and one
paediatric general consultant. They are
all totally mystified (one thinks it could
be growing pains)! Each Dr says they are
not particularly worried because I
haven’t had any other symptoms except I
notice I sometimes feel a little cold on
warm days. I am a slightly above average
height for my age (exactly 128cm). I weigh
29 kgs. I am lean and fit. I am of
Anglo/Caribbean parentage. My schoolwork
is unaffected. My eyes have been examined.
My ears have been examined. My heart has
been listened to. No problems. My dad is
researching a lot on the Internet and
would be very interested should someone
read this and recognises similar symptoms.
Are they just headaches? Will they go
away? Are they something serious? Are they
……….?
"Nothing can resist the human will that
will stake even its existence on its
stated purpose"
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KrisMiss
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Posted: 08-15-08 22:00pm
My partner has right temporal lobe partial
seizures an she frequently has sharp
stabbing pains in different parts of her
head. But she also has a variety of
different seizures as well. But the pains
are usually quite sudden in onset and
don't last long. Have they done any ct
scans or mris?
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roimatt
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Joined: 09 Jul 2008 Posts: 3 Location: West Sussex, England
Your post on the 15th of August Posted: 09-28-08 14:17pm
Hi, I am really sorry that I have taken so
long to
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roimatt
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Joined: 09 Jul 2008 Posts: 3 Location: West Sussex, England
Your post dated 15th August Posted: 09-28-08 14:40pm
Hi, I am sorry that I have taken so long
to come back to you after you were so kind
to reply to my post. After seeing a
number of doctors, consultants etc the
consensus of opinion was that the cause
was psychological. We were referred to a
chartered paediatric consultant who has
concurred with that opinion. My son’s
Headaches reached a peak of maybe 50
clusters of 20 separate headaches per day,
i.e. 1000 per day but at the start of his
six week summer holidays he came to stay
with me and within days they begun to
decrease and have continued to do so to
the point where they are occurring only
three or four clusters per day and this
has happily continued since he returned to
stay with his mother. This still begs the
question of what was or is the
psychosomatic cause so he will continue to
see the psychologist. Thank you once again
and I very much hope you find a good way
forward with your partner’s problem
Roi.
