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I had very sharp pains in the right side of my head while passing a difficult bowel movement. should i be concerned? the headache has since subsided.
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Doesn't sound bad: If you had a sharp pain in your head while having a bowel movement and the pain passed after the bowel movement, as long as you don't continue to have pain, weakness, visual changes, etc, you should be ok.
Answered 10/20/2015
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