I do not wish these onto anyone. This has been my head for the last week or so. ICEPICK HEADACHES: There are many different types of headaches that an individual may experience during their lifetime. Among the most intense of these conditions are the ones known as an ice pick headache. The reason for this name is the fact that patients frequently describe the headache pain as sharp, stabbing sensations. Some people have even stated that they feel as though someone is repeatedly piercing their skull with an ice pick. The fact that these headaches occur so suddenly is one of the reasons why the pains can be so terrifying. Many patients report that the sharp, stabbing pains have caused them to fear for their health. In some situations the individuals believe that they are going to have a stroke, or go blind. Then, as if by magic, the pain just totally disappears and everything is back to normal. Sometimes a family member or friend may even doubt that you had actually experienced any head pain because the symptoms are gone in a matter of seconds. What Is Ice Pick Headache? An ice pick headache is one which occurs spontaneously in an individual and displays transient symptoms. Most individuals report that the stabbing sensations affect them in specific regions of the head. The pain may affect the head along the parietal area, the orbital areas or within the temples. Doctors realize that this places the symptoms in the area of the head that is subject to the trigeminal nerve impulses; but no strong correlation between the trigeminal nerve and the headache has yet been proven. There is no known disease or underlying health condition that can be traced to this type of headache. These pains may also be referred to as either an Episodic, primary stabbing headache Ophthalmodynia periodica (if it only occurs behind the eye) or an Idiopathic stabbing headache, ‘jabs and jolts’, Sharp short-lived head pain Ice Pick Headaches symptoms: Sudden sharp pains (usually limited to just one portion of the head) The pains can develop in different areas of the head with each new episode Pain may branch out to include a wider area than where it first originated Duration is fairly brief (5-30 seconds) Pain has no known trigger and appears without warning Once the episode is over the pain vanishes immediately Headache episodes can be infrequent or extremely frequent In other words, pains occurring as a single stab or series of stabs confined to the head, predominantly in the orbit, temple or parietal area. Each stab lasts from a fraction of a second to 3 seconds and pains recur irregularly, from a single stab occasionally to many each day.
Posted on: Sun, 11 Jan 2015 20:01:31 +0000
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