Chronic and very painful headaches?!

Chronic and very painful headaches?

I have a recurring headache in the exact same spot every one to two weeks. They are extremely painful and last only a few seconds. Any ideas as to what the cause is or even where to start looking to figure out what is going on? I have an appointment with my doctor in a few days, but i would like to read up a bit online about it first.

If it is very specific and only in one specific area and only lasting a short time there are three big possiblities without knowing any more about your condition. It depends on the quality of headache too, if it pulsates at all, it's probably a problem in your blood vessels, this type of headache may not pulsate though as well. Another big possibliity is a space occupying mass (tumor, blocked cerebro-spinal fluid, clot, etc.), finally if you notice that you turn your head a certain way it could be coming from your neck due to a muscle, or vertebrae being slightly out of place. Since your doctor will be able to evaluate you and get some more information they will have a much better idea, but with the limited info, those would be your 3 best bets to look into. Though it coulld be something completely different as well, something even as simple as dehydration or low blood sugar. Your doctor may order some x-rays or other diagnostic work, but unfortunately there is the slight possibility that it won't show anything if your problem isn't flaring up, so a negative result from xrays or an mri might not mean that your condition is gone. (Sometimes doctors don't explain things like that). Also when searching look up idiopathic headaches...it's doctor-speak for "a problem with an unknown source" Good luck with your headaches and search