I have a very strange question. I dont
know whether it is exactly from the
neuro-surgical field, but if not, please
correct me and tell me where does it
belong. The problem started like this: I
am 24 years old, and for a few years I
have been feeling pain in my eyes, had
vision-obscurations, also a feeling of
pain and pressure in my head. No one
could help me with it, neither
ophthalmologists nor neurologists nor
neuro-ophthalmologists, not orthoptists (i
had a cross-eye problem too). I also had
problems with high blood pressure. I was
complaining about my eyes and my head for
years and nobody could do anything.
Then I went to a chiropractor,
which examined me and told me I have a
problem with my neck. He told me it has
an influence on my eyes and the blood flow
to my head. What he told me is that the
neck vertebras were not straight. But
they could be manipulated and made
straight, he promised me. He told me it
probably will take a long period of time
for the vertebras to set in a straight
position, and I will have to visit him 3
or 4 times a week in which he will make a
certain procedure. Also he underlined
that all of this period I will have to
sleep only on my back and try to always
sit straight. The method of treatment was
basically that he would turn my head from
side to side very forcefully and make the
joints "snap" and make a characteristical
sound, and press here or there. Well, I
visited him for 3 or 4 times a week for
about 2 years. After some time I could
"turn" my head and make it "snap" the way
he did on my own. In some periods of time
I really felt a bit better, and then worse
again.
But then, suddenly, in some
stage, I started feeling this strange
feeling of pain when I put my head on the
pillow, and a sensation of constant
itching of my scalp. This was weird but I
didn't pay it too much attention. But
then something really bizarre started
happening - I saw that my head has
gradually and slowly started changing it's
shape. I could feel this with my hand,
and see this in a mirror. The change was
that in some areas my head was kind of
"pressed down" or "curved" (with a lack of
a suitable word), it was "lower" than what
it used to be, it was kind of "pressed in"
in some areas (especially in the back of
my head). Slowly the change in the shape
of my head started being noticeable, not
only to me (i tended to like very short
haircuts so I guess it was more visible).
This started to worry me. I went to the
doctor, then to a neurologist, even to
neuro-surgeon, but they said it couldn't
be, and that they haven't heard of such
things. They sent me to a few blood
checks and made a roentgen, then a ct
scan, and said there was'nt anything
unusual there. But this is a fact. What
could be the reason for that happening?
Can one's scalp change it's shape so
drastically? Were there other cases of
similar phenomena? What should I do now?
I am aware of the fact that this sounds
very odd and strange, but I am at a loss,
please try to help me if you can.
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harmony58
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Joined: 06 Jan 2005 Posts: 10 Location: South
Strange Question Posted: 01-06-05 11:06am
I think this is the part where you get a
second opinion, preferrably from a medical
center that specializes in neurology. If
your head is indeed changing you need to
make sure you are seeing a doctor
regularly so that a baseline can be
established and the changes monitored.
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