What causes headaches,dizziness and sensitively to light?

Question

Lately I have had a lot of headaches and dizziness and now when I am in school I can't stand to have the lights on. I have to actually ask my teachers if they can shut off the lights or my eyes will hurt and I get headaches. I have seen a doctor for my racing heart ( this is one of my symptoms to) the doctors have not found out what is wrong with me. Has anyone else ever had these symptoms? What could my problem be?

Answer 1

These symptoms represent the usual ones associated with Migraine Syndrome.. many of the cranial nerves have become involved with an inflammatory process. There are 12 of them and if each one is involved in the inflammatory process, you have a lot more symptoms than you mentioned here. The fact you are in school and not in a darkened room suggests the imbalance of the autonomic nervous system is not too highly involved yet.. It can get worse.

There is a specific nerve involved with each of the symptoms you mention.. even the ones in your face will be tender.. like the one on the inner side of your eyebrow and the ones on your cheeks. The most evident tenderness will however, be found at the base of the skull. Primarily on one side.

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Answer 2

As far as the racing heart, I don't know. But the other symptoms do sound like a form of Migraine Headaches. Anyone who gets them can totally feel for you -- my self included. You might want to mention that possibilty to your doctor. There are lots of medications to treat them as well as prevent them. Try keeping a "diary" of your headaches. Write down the time of day, what you were doing, food you have eaten, certain scents that may bother you, etc. This could help either confirm or eliminate the possibilty of Migraines. Keep the 'diary' for a few weeks to a month. The more information you have the better it will be for you. Lots of Luck

Answer 3

It sounds to me that you are suffering from migraines hun.
When you get your headaches do you see flashing lights infront of your eyes?
Migraines can be brought on by caffene, chocolate, and alot of other stuff.

However, i'm not a professional, so i do recommend you seek further medical help!

Answer 4

Sounds like migraine head aches. Best visit a doctor.

Answer 5

I live next to a lake the factory down the street has been dumping in for decades, so I wish I knew, but they ain't tellin'.

Answer 6

Go see an eye doctor, you're most likely to need glasses

Answer 7

Menstrual migraines/headaches and natural progesterone
Almost one in five women has migraines. Often these are related to the cycle, hence the link to hormones.

One theory about the cause of migraine is the blood flow theory, which focuses on blood vessel activity in the brain. Blood vessels either narrow or expand. Narrowing can constrict blood flow, causing problems with sight or dizziness. When the blood vessels expand, they press on nerves nearby, which causes pain.

Another theory focuses on chemical changes in the brain. When chemicals in the brain that send messages from one cell to another, including the messages to blood vessels to get narrow or expand, are interrupted, migraines can occur.

More recently, genes have been linked to migraine. People who get migraines may inherit abnormal genes that control the functions of certain brain cells. And something the person's body is sensitive to in some way triggers the actual headaches.

Headache triggers can vary from person to person. Most migraines are not caused by a single factor or event. Your response to triggers can also vary from headache to headache.Many women with migraine tend to have attacks brought on by:


lack of food or sleep
bright light or loud noise
hormone changes during the menstrual cycle
stress and anxiety
weather changes
chocolate, alcohol, or nicotine
some foods and food additives, such as MSG or nitrates
While migraine headaches affect millions of people, they are still less common than tension headaches. Tension headaches cause a more steady pain over the entire head rather than throbbing pain in one spot. Most of the time, migraine attacks happen once in awhile, but tension headaches can occur as often as every day. While fatigue and stress can bring on both tension and migraine headaches, migraines can be triggered by certain foods, changes in the body's hormone levels, and even changes in the weather.

Migraine headaches are more common in women. In fact, about three out of four people who have migraines are women. They are most common in women between the ages of 35 and 45; this is often a time that women have more job, family, and social commitments. Women also tend to report higher levels of pain, longer headache time, and more symptoms, such as nausea and vomiting.

Hormones may also trigger migraine. Over half of women with migraine report having them right before, during, or after their period. Others get them for the first time when taking birth control pills. And some women start getting them when they enter menopause.

More than half of women with migraine have more headaches around or during their menstrual cycle. This is often called "menstrual migraine."

Migraines are severe headaches that are associated with over-dilation of blood vessels in the brain. An allergic reaction or stress may be the cause. The most common medical treatment involves medication, which may result in side effects of muscle pains, numbness and tingling in the fingers and toes, rapid (or slowed) heart rate, and nausea and vomiting.

Migraine sufferers are always in fear of their next headache.

Women who regularly suffer from migraine headaches only at premenstrual times, most likely experience these episodes due to estrogen dominance. In addition to opposing the excess estrogen associated with estrogen dominance, progesterone helps to restore normal vascular tone, counteracting the blood vessel dilation that causes the headache.

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Answer 8

Your sinuses. Get on a allergy med. Benadryl is the best and the cheapest.

Answer 9

may be you need some glasses go check your eyes

Answer 10

my brothers i get all those symptoms evertime im close to them