Question 1

why does my head hurt one side?

Accepted Answer

Migraine: Migraine headaches are often one sided. Throbbing pain, sensitivity to light and sound can also be present. In some patients, an aura preceding headache may develop. Flashing lights, zig-zags, dots, commas, weird tastes may be part of the aura. If this or part of this is your description, then you found the answer.

Question 2

why does my head hurt when i read?

Accepted Answer

Headache reading: May need glasses. Discuss with your Dr.

Question 3

why does my head hurt when i bend over?

Accepted Answer

Sinus pressure: What you describe could be due to sinus pressure from congestion.

Question 4

why does my head hurt really bad sometimes?

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Head hurts: Some common conditions that can cause headache are  migraine, tension headache, sinus headache, coffee or alcohol withdraw, high blood pressure, diabetes, medication interactions...please see your doctor as needed. If it is new and getting worse everyday, you should see your doctor sooner rather than later.

Question 5

why does my head hurt 17 hoihrs out of the day?

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Anything: Your headaches could be coming from tension, dehydration, lack of sleep/poor sleep/teeth grinding, skipping meals, stress, sleep apnea/snoring, or chronic sinus problems.

Question 6

why does my head hurt sometimes at the top of the cantle?

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Hard to tell: We need a full history, eye and neurological examination . Headache can result from stress , eye problems, vascular and neurological problems.

Question 7

why does my head hurt out of no where sometimes? like it pounds.

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Yadda Yadda Yadda: That's a loaded question because there are so many possibilities and would require a lot more information about you, like your habits, your diet, medical history, plus the nature and location of your pain, the pain pattern, any other symptoms, the color pattern of your dog (just kidding0 and yadda yadda yadda. So if it's getting bad, or you get worried you'll need to be seen in person by a doctor.

Question 8

why does my head hurt when i cough?

Accepted Answer

Cough headache: There are a couple of possibilities. Coughing can raise the pressure inside your head, which can cause pain sometimes. There is also a poorly-understood entity called the "primary cough headache, " that is associated with coughing, straining, laughing, crying, etc. Here's an interesting link on the topic. http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/primary-cough-headaches/ds00639.

Question 9

why does my head hurt afer drinking?

Accepted Answer

Dehydration: A few things can affect this.  Assuming you did not spend time hitting your head against a while while inebriated, people tend to urinate more when signficantly drunk than they actually drink.   This can cause a net fluid loss that can cause the headache. Also some aspects of drinking environments, loud noise, heavy smoke, etc which are tolerable when drunk may have a cost when sober.

Question 10

why does my head hurt ever time after sex?

Accepted Answer

Many causes: Could be physical stress, emotional stress, diet, alcohol?, pressure from stimulation. Many reasons you will have to change things!

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