pain on the right side of the head

[najj94]

i had suffered from malaria around 3 weeks back and on the last day of my fever i had suffered from extreme pain all over my head  i even took painkillers but the pain didnt go, i thought it was probably b'coz of malaria but even after i recovered, i still have dull headaches on the whole of the right side of my head, i hav weak eyesight but i hav been wearing my glasses regularly,  i dont smoke or drink, and i am 15 yrs old should i visit doctor or something?. thankyou ...please reply ...

[najj94]

thank you so much for replying....i will surely ask my parents to take me to the doctor, because now my headache is just plain annoying.....and i will surely let you know if i want to know anything else....thankyou

[Dr. Kokil Mathur]

Hi
Welcome to the forum!
You will be surprised to know that headache is an important symptom of both cerebral (brain fever) malaria and normal extra cerebral malaria. Some antimalarial drugs can cause headaches. In addition, many patients of malaria suffer from postmalaria neurologic syndrome of which headache is one of the important symptoms.
It is difficult to comment beyond this at this stage.  Do consult your doctor at the earliest. Please let me know if there is any thing else and do keep me posted. Take care!

[dame_wilbur]

I would definitely go see a doctor. You might be having residual effects from the malaria that need to be addressed.