Daily Head Pressure and Ear Ringing

[Glenville86]

Background:  Retired from the Army in Nov and had a complete physical.  Everything was fine except for lower back degenerative disk diease and mild hearing loss.  All bloodwork was normal.  Took a job in Iraq where I am currently.  Arrived in Feb.   In Jun, I was sick with extreme fatigue, headaches, and dizziness.  Saw a doctor in Jul and was given OTC headache meds.  They did bloodwork that came back normal.  Since that time I have had daily head pressure and tinnitus.  The tinnitus comes and goes and can be really loud and annoying.  Visited another doctor in Sep who thought it might be an allergic reaction and was given zyrtec for a month.  No change with the head pressure.  Saw an ENT in Oct who feels that it just a left-over from whatever made me ill in Jun and thinks it will get better with time.  I have a slight clicking in my jaw and he thinks TMJ might be a factor but I have no jaw pain.  I sit in front of a computer at least 10 hours a day.

NOTE:  I am 44 and had never had a headache prior to this.  Have never had any TMJ problems.  Tinnitus was never a problem. Never noticed any allergies before this.  Never had sinus problems.  Am in decent health and walk daily for 45 minutes. Thought it might be some sort of reaction to something here in Iraq but do not have typical allergy or sinus symptoms.  

Questions:  1) What can be the cause of the daily head pressure?  No pain, just a heavy and tight feeling from my eyebrows, temples to the back of my head.  Wake up with it.  Only goes away when outside exercising.  2) What can cause the tinnitus?

[skEwb]

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[cat457]

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[carol_without_the_e]

Hello
Well here it goes I had pnemonia baddly 2 years ago and for the past year or 2 My doctor said with tests he has sent me foer that I have Degenerative disc desease and arthritis also the CT Scan come back saying that I have a brused brain  I also have TMJ what I am concerned is why am I getting only head sweats at night could it be something in my diet or could it be caused from computer ( I am at the computer somedays about 6 hrs a day off and ondoctor is sending me to a Nero speciallest after christmas but I am scared to death of getting bad colds cause I am going to another province for christmas and its cold there so if I have a head sweat at night the cold will make it worse
I am also dealing with a lot of stress in my life right now Oh I am 60 years old female I get a lot of Aura Migrains too could someone Help me or give me some answers I am going crazy sometimes It feels like a strke coming on when I have the Migrains followed with weekness and tiredness all day long (only sometimes sometimes I dont have weekness just a bit of Zig Zag lines that last for only 20 min.

[lugo]

I earlier posted a comment about vertigo. I did not mention some other symtoms . Loss of hearing , I cannot tell which direction sound is coming from sometimes , headaches , vision problems ( like a spot  behind my pupil in my right eye & like looking thru a tunnel , mostly weeks leading up to my dizzy spell on Nov. 19 , 06 ) I do not have high blood pressure even thow it has gotten up to 148/90 when checked during the eyesight problems , it normally is 115/ 75 or 80 most times I have checked it at home or doctors office. The doctors at the hospital found nothing in all the test they took , and said it was a bad case of vertigo , due to an inflamation of the middle ear . I have had a few colds this summer which is not normal for me , but I work in the public around dirty money ect.

[lugo]

I earlier posted a comment about vertigo. I did not mention some other symtoms . Loss of hearing , I cannot tell which direction sound is coming from sometimes , headaches , vision problems ( like a spot  behind my pupil in my right eye & like looking thru a tunnel , mostly weeks leading up to my dizzy spell on Nov. 19 , 06 ) I do not have high blood pressure even thow it has gotten up to 148/90 when checked during the eyesight problems , it normally is 115/ 75 or 80 most times I have checked it at home or doctors office. The doctors at the hospital found nothing in all the test they took , and said it was a bad case of vertigo , due to an inflamation of the middle ear . I have had a few colds this summer which is not normal for me , but I work in the public around dirty money ect.