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Hi dr, i have intensive stinging pain above my right eyebrow on my forehead. the pain goes and and come and each time it lasts for at least an hour?

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Dr. Rebecca Gliksman answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Pain on brow: May be simple nerve irritation, trigeminal neuralgia. If it is of recent onset may be beginning of shingles,or herpes i pain. Discuss wiht doctor use of gabapentin, prednisone and acyclovir to treat.

Answered 5/1/2015

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