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occipital neuralgia 3and 1/2 months after c3 cervical acdf fusion… burning pain above both ears , sinuses inflame, eye twitching burning and dry, pain at base of skull I can feel it, squeezing on my spinal hardware… Heating pad and hot showers make pain worse Muscle relaxers also make pain worse hearing static in my ears… Does anyone have any idea what will help?

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@llc777 I had head pressure and blurry vision Feb. 17th. I went to the ER and they checked me With CT and MRI. Nothing was found to have caused it. I spent two days in the hospital on a stroke protocol and nothing. A Doctor came in and was wearing a mask (I knew who he was because I worked as a nurse although I am now retired. ) Anyway he said to me that I needed to get my BP in line. I called my husband and told him to give me my blood pressure readings. So I wrote them up and gave them to the Doctor. That was the end of that. My BP was in line. Then when I was gonna be discharged two more Doctors came in wearing masks. One was a Neurologist. His comment was, "For lack of a better term we are gonna call this a TIA." So he labeled me. 3 Doctors said I did not have one and I knew I didn't. Instead of saying we don't know what is wrong and maybe even figuring out another Dr. to send me too this is what I got. REALLY! I spent the next five months going to Doctors near where I live and nothing. Not even my Neurologist could diagnose what I had. He should have. So I took the bull by the horns and my sisters idea and looked on the internet in Houston. I found a Neuro-Opthalmologist which I didn't know they had those. So I made an appt with a Neurologist in Houston in the am and in the PM went to the Neuro-Opthalmologist.
I was diagnosed with Occipital Neuralgia. They sent a script in for Gabapentin and it has helped. I would ask your Doctor about that. Hope you get help. I do understand. I can't say I know how you feel cause only you know that. When I came home from the hospital I had fleeting head pains but they were not very painful. I had a one time burning on my head. But I get head pressure in the right lower back of my head up above my neck. It is pressure not a headache. I know that if you look it up pressure is considered a headache. But to me it's not the same. The last time I had a headache was over 31 years ago and it was pounding. @rnlorena