sharp head pain

[confusedlad]

i'm 20 and i keep getting this sharp pain at the side of my head.it is very painful but lasts for less thant a minute and then it'll stop.and will come again around 10 minutes later.but the pain is kind of migrating here and there somehow but its always at the head. besides that, sometimes more or less 3x a month, i'll get a 'sensitivity' on top of my head.it feels like i have an open wound on it and it hurts everytime i touch it and also combing my hair.can somebody help me? i've met a doctor but she was uncertain of what i'm having.she gave me a blood test but everything was fine.except that i have an abnormally high vit D.content.please help.i'm very worried of my condition. this pain started around 4 months ago but is getting more frequent now :(

[Dr. A. Srivastava]

Thank you for your question. However, without being able to examine you in person, I can not give you any precise opinion here. Occipital neuralgia consists with symptoms of pain in neck, back of the head, and behind the ears and scalp may be tender to touch. If you have other associated symptoms here, this possibility also can be evaluated with the help of your doctor. Hope this helps.

[confusedlad]

thanks a bunch for your help. Someone suggested that i might be having an occipital neuralgia..I googled the disease, and found out that my symptoms are very similar to the condition. Do you have any comment on this? thanjks!

[Dr. A. Srivastava]

Thank you for your question. Although without being able to examine you I can not offer you the specific advice on diagnosis and treatment that you need, but I would try to provide you some relevant information about your health concern.

I think this your symptoms may be associated with temporal arteritis condition. In temporal arteritis condition headache is usually concentrated in the one region of your head and it is tender to touch and things like combing your hair may be painful. But in addition to this for any persistent headaches, possibilities like migrainous, cluster, tension and refractive errors that need to be evaluated thoroughly with the help of a neurologist here. Migraine like headache can be throbbing, one sided of face & head and preceded by aura (starts with blurred vision). Cluster headache may appear as burning, explosive in nature and tear appears from eyes. Tension headache originates with stress and anxiety disorder. Please arrange an appointment with a neurologist right away who will evaluate the further underlying disorders by clinically examine you & ordering MRI or CT scan here that may be the main reasons of your headache attacks & other symptoms and can provide you an appropriate treatment. Hope this information proves helpful to you. Take Care & Regards!!!