Headaches and uneven pupils

[rhodesl3]

Ok so I have been experiencing headaches for weeks now. They are like tension headaches. I feel the pressure on my temples and in the back of my head. A few times I have noticed my pupils are not the same size with these headaches but then it goes away. I went to the ER one night because my headaches was lasting all day and I had burning sensations on my skin and foggyness. My MD thought maybe I had a pulled muscles and a pinched nerve. They did a CT and. only found some det disc disease in my neck. I was referred to a neuro doctor but my apt isn't for 2 months!! Since then I had an episode where I  got a sudden headache and felt really foggy and like the groung underneath my feet was unstable. I looked in the mirror and my left pupil was slightly larger. I took some tylenol and it went away. Since then I have had ringing in my left ear and I get pins and needle feeling under my left foot and parts of my body like my face. I get areas that feel like they are burning. I get a foggy feeling that can last almost all day. I have no Idea what is going on??? I recently had a baby and am breastfeeding. I don't know if this is hormonal or neuro??

[rhodesl3]

So today I went to the doctor and got an apt for an mri with contrast. Now I have a new symptom which is hot palms. They are a little red and they feel really warm. what could that be?

[Jadp123]

Hi did you ever find out what this was? I'm the same and I'm petrified!

[Dr Sharma]

Hi there. There could be many causes for these headaches. You could be suffering from migraines, tension headaches or cluster headaches. Get yourself checked for hyper/hypotension and hypoglycemia, refraction errors. The cervical degenerative disc disease could cause these pains and stiffness. Since you have brain fog, and other associated neurological symptoms like tingling and numbness in face and ringing, paresthesia feet, you need to be investigated for multiple sclerosis and fibromyalgia. Multiple sclerosis is a chronic demyelinating neurological disorder where the disease phase is characterized by active phase and remissions. It has multiple symptoms and signs and is a diagnosis of exclusion. The symptoms of multiple sclerosis are loss of balance, muscle spasms, numbness in any area, problems with walking and coordination, tremors in one or more arms and legs. Bowel and bladder symptoms include frequency of micturition, urine leakage, eye symptoms like double vision uncontrollable rapid eye movements, facial pain, painful muscle spasms, tingling, burning in arms or legs, depression, dizziness, hearing loss, fatigue etc. You have many of these symptoms. The treatment is essentially limited to symptomatic therapy so the course of action would not change much whether MS has been diagnosed or not. Apart from clinical neurological examination, MRI shows MS as paler areas of demyelination, two different episodes of demyelination separated by one month in at least two different brain locations. Spinal tap is done and CSF electrophoresis reveals oligoclonal bands suggestive of immune activity, which is suggestive but not diagnostic of MS. Demyelinating neurons, transmit nerve signals slower than non-demyelinated ones and can be detected with EP tests. These are visual evoked potentials, brain stem auditory evoked response, and somatosensory evoked potential. Slower nerve responses in any one of these is not confirmatory of MS but can be used to complement diagnosis along with a neurological examination, medical history and an MRI and a spinal tap. Take care.