I have a sharp pain in my head

[LMoore10]

I keep getting sharp pains in my head but they last for a second but make me cringe up and hurt so badly ! It feels like a knife has stabbed me in the head.

Please help

[MaryF Administrator]

Hi there, clearly if you are worried and this is a new symptom and ongoing a check up with a medical GP would be advisable, who looks after your care and do you have a diagnosis of Hughes Syndrome/APS?

MaryF

[Lure2]

Hi,

Do you have Hughes syndrome? If so I should follow the advice of MaryF. I had those things before I started warfarin . They were microclots the last years. It could be like being stabbed by a knife in the back or the side of the head.

Hope you have an APS doctor that "gets" what you are telling him or her.

Best wished from Kerstin in Stockholm

[Manofmendip]

Hello

As my Colleague Mary has asked you, do you have a diagnosis of APS?

I agree with Mary's advice to you.

Dave

[GinaD]

Lots of possibilities here. Do see a doc. It could be a mini tension head ache which can be treated easily, so don't assume the worst. But go and get it checked out!

[happee1]

i have the same thing...not all the time but i do get them at least 4 times a month...my aps doctor said not to worry about them..so i don't

[Tessan0221]

Hi.

I have a lot of nerve damage in my brain. Been diagnosed with mononeuropathia multiplex.

My pain is often stabbing.

Kind regards Tessan

[Lure2 in reply to Tessan0221]

Hi Tessan,

Good luck to-morrow!!!

Godnight and many Hughs from Kerstin

[Tessan0221 in reply to Lure2]

Hej Kerstin.

Tack för kramarna

Ska vara på KS kl 14. Hoppas på lite svar den här gången.

Kram Tessan

[Bonnie39]

I had excruciating head pain, like a hot knife deep in my brain above my right ear. Combined with migraine for around a week. I was under a lot of pressure at the time. Went to my gp every other day who prescribed me pills and an injection to dilate blood vessels (like an epipen to self administer). Then one morning in this episode I awoke with a stroke aged 31. CT scan showed little of interest. 8 years later other problems caused an mri which evidenced stroke in that area and many TIAs and for rhe firat time o was tested for APS. finally it was confirmed and I was started on warfarin. Still symptomatic when INR drops. Glad to have got an answer and treatment although it shouldn't have taken so many years!

That stabbing pain would, IME, mean an MRI cpuld be helpful.