Why does one side of my head feel like its throbbing painfully?
There are many reasons for throbbing pain on one side of the head, which may be related to poor emotions, excessive stress, or diseases. A common cause is neuralgia, such as trigeminal neuralgia or temporal neuralgia, which can lead to such symptoms. One should be vigilant about pain caused by cerebral vasodilation, as this pain is an important cause of stroke.
Common neuralgias include trigeminal neuralgia, occipital neuralgia, and temporal neuralgia.
Common diseases that cause vasodilation include severe hypertension, which may lead to cerebral hemorrhage, manifesting as bilateral or unilateral.
If you have primary headache diseases, such as migraine and cluster headache, you may also experience the above symptoms, typically unilateral, requiring symptomatic treatment.
Throbbing pain in the head may be a type of vascular headache. You can take oral medications such as acetaminophen, ibuprofen, indomethacin, naproxen, diazepam, and aspirin. In severe cases, sumatriptan and zolmitriptan can also be taken. This is commonly seen in patients with migraine, which can occur at any age. The patient's headache is usually recurrent, manifesting as unilateral or bilateral pain, and may be accompanied by nausea and vomiting. Some typical patients may have auras such as visual, sensory, and motor disorders before the onset. Most patients' headache episodes have triggers, such as weather changes, stress, anxiety, depression, overexertion, sleep disorders, and certain strong odors.
