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Tender area top left side of head. no redness. tingling and painful 2 touch. motrin and tylenol (acetaminophen) and ben gay is not helping. been like that for 3 days. had strep infec. last week.what could it be?

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Dr. H Robert Silverstein answered

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Likely: benign. See your MD to rule out various things including temporal arteritis.

Answered 9/29/2016

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A member asked:

Tender area top left side of head. no redness. tingling and painful 2 touch. motrin and tylenol (acetaminophen) and ben gay is not helping. been like that for 3 days. had strep infec. last week.what could it be?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. H Robert Silverstein answered

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