Expert: Claes-Gustaf Nordquist, M.D. - 12/19/2010

Question
My wife has been having this severe headache for almost 3 months already and we don't know what is it. Everything started with a severe pain in her left arm, left side of her neck and left side of her chest and and a little pain in the back of her head.I rushed her to the ER thinking that it could have been related with a hearth attack. The doctor did not find anything. then she was send to get a MRI of her cervical spine but everything was norma. Them she was sent with a neurologist to see if there was something wrong with her nerves but all were normal. After all this the pain in the arm and chest started to go away, but The pain in the back of the head got much worse. Her head is so tender that not even her hair can be touch because it cause her pain. the pain is very sever that she even tell me that she feels her eyes hurt.I'm very concern about her condition I'm afraid this could be a tumor. Please I will appreciate any help I don't know what to do at this moment.

Answer
If her head is tender it is probably not a brain tumor. But let a neurologist check her again. If there is nothing in a brain MRI scan with and without contrast there is no tumor. Good luck!



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