Joined: 27 Dec 2005 Posts: 6 Location: Pennsylvania
Pains In the Head Posted: 12-27-05 01:29am
Have been looking all over the web for
something similar or some answers. My 9
1/2 year old son has been getting pains in
his head. He gets a sharp pain and then a
hot sensation and when this happens he
says he feels like a hole opens up in his
tongue. The episode lasts he says about
maybe 10 to 15 seconds. He says that he
has been getting these for some time. He
is in 3rd grade now and says he remembers
getting them in 2nd grade but he can't
remember if he got them before that. He
gets these maybe once or twice a month.
The pain was always located in one
paticular spot on the head but now he's
got them in different spots but the
symptoms are always similar. I took him
to his pediatrician who performed a
neurological exam and said everything was
normal and she didn't seem to think it was
anything serious and recommended he see a
pediatric neurologist. We took him to a
neurologist and he also did a neuro exam
and said that it was normal and he doesn't
think that it's anything serious. He says
maybe migraines or a type of seizure. Has
anyone else had anything similar? My
first concern was a brain tumor but
neither seem to think so. Could these be
ice pick headaches? The whole tongue
thing weirds me out. Could this just be a
nerve getting tweaked somewhere? One time
he described the pain like something
popped in his head and another time he
said the pain felt like it crawled from
the back of his head to front down to his
eye. One day he said he got a pain that
made his scalp sore like a bruise. Anyone
out there please help. I am really
concerned about this.
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NikkiC_85
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 06 Jun 2006 Posts: 1 Location: Toledo, OH
Ehealth Post Reply Posted: 06-06-06 11:56am
I just saw your post and while I know you
posted a long time ago I still wanted to
try to reply. I am older then your son
(i'm 21) but my symptoms match almost
perfectly. The only difference is that
mine are much more frequent. I have them
about every 2.5-3 hours. It is a
horrible pain that feels like a stabbing
and before I can take any medication it is
gone. I have been to the doctors twice
and have an appt tomorrow to get a cat
scan done. The doctors have no clue what
it is so they just try to say that it is a
headache or a migrane. However I know
that it is not... Mostly because the
symptoms don't match. My only symptom is
the head pains, no nausia, no vomiting,
etc... Just head pains.
Anyway I wanted to post and find out if
you found anything out. If so please
enlighten me and if not then I will repost
if I find anything out.
Thanks