When a headache in the forehead area and pressure on the eyes, while a person experiences nausea, this may indicate the presence of certain pathologies in the body, ranging from increased blood pressure to an infection. There are many reasons for pain. In order for a doctor to prescribe effective therapy, it is necessary, first of all, to identify these very causes. Otherwise, treatment may worsen the situation.
Types of pain
Pain syndrome can be different. Doctors distinguish several types of pain:
- pressing;
- pulsating;
- long-term;
- strong;
- sharp pain.
When the head hurts severely and puts pressure on the eyes, migraines, sinusitis, infectious diseases can develop, and changes in blood pressure can also occur. As the pain syndrome increases, we can talk about deviations in the functioning of the human body.
Important information
Prolonged pain is dangerous because it may indicate pathologies such as arachnoiditis, meningitis, tuberculosis, encephalitis, syphilis, parasitic diseases or a brain tumor.
Throbbing pain indicates the presence of a migraine. But it can also be caused by otitis media, pathologies of the organs of vision, sinusitis, vascular lesions of the brain, and infections.
A sharp headache is caused by spasms of cerebral vessels. This can be observed in the presence of osteochondrosis, hypertensive crisis, ruptured aneurysm, stroke, as well as sinusitis, frontal sinusitis, typhus, tropical fever or malaria.
A pressing headache can signal the development of otitis media, head injury, hypoxia, pinched nerve, disruption of the thermoregulation process, osteochondrosis or intoxication of the body.
Foreign body
If a midge, a speck of dust, a hair or any other small particle gets into a person’s eye, then he will experience sharp pain. Additional symptoms include lacrimation. If you cannot remove a foreign object from your eye yourself, it is better to consult a specialist. Otherwise, there is a risk of scratching the eyeball, which could easily lead to an infection.
If you do not consult a doctor in a timely manner, this can cause serious vision problems. A person may lose it altogether.
Causes and main diseases
When you have a headache and pressure on your eyes, it is important to correctly determine the cause of the pathology. Usually, when a headache appears, it immediately spreads to the eyes. But it happens that everything happens the other way around. First the eyes begin to hurt, and then the head.
Doctors say that a headache is a symptom of one of many diseases. There are many reasons for its appearance. The main ones include:
- eye diseases;
- high blood pressure;
- head injuries;
- fatigue;
- migraine;
- infectious diseases;
- myopia.
The most obvious causes of pain are fatigue and overexertion. In this way, the body signals that it needs rest. In some cases, according to scientists, pain may occur due to eating unhealthy foods. For example, fast food or caffeine.
Sometimes pain can signal the presence of such pathologies in the body:
- Diseases of ENT organs. Such pathologies usually occur with high fever, intoxication of the body and pain in the head. Pain syndrome is provoked by the release of metabolic products of pathogenic microbes that provoked the disease. Various ailments have their own symptoms and course. For example, in the presence of frontal sinusitis, the pain will intensify at night and in the morning, and with ethmoiditis, it spreads to the area of the organs of vision and forehead.
- Viral and infectious pathologies. In this case, there is poisoning of the body, which is manifested by nausea, weakness and pain in the head. The pain syndrome can be localized in all parts of the head. The most dangerous diseases are meningitis and encephalitis. They are characterized not only by severe pain, but also by infection of the brain, which can become a serious danger to human life.
- Pathologies of the heart and blood vessels. Changes in blood pressure cause pain in the head. With high blood pressure, they first appear in the eye area, with low blood pressure - in the forehead area.
- Pathologies of the nervous system. Pain in the eyes and front of the head is a symptom of neuralgia, neuroses and depression. Also, such signs may appear due to overwork and sleep disturbances. Often, pain occurs due to inflammation of the trigeminal or optic nerve. In this case, it first occurs in the organs of vision, and then moves to the front of the head. In addition, there is tinnitus and pressure in the organs of vision.
- Eye diseases. Pain can be a consequence of myopia or farsightedness, dry eye syndrome, glaucoma, both closed and open.
- Poisoning. Intoxication can be caused by low-quality alcohol, chemicals, medications, and food. It leads to pain in the head and nausea.
- Migraines often manifest as pain in the forehead and eyes. The attack begins gradually. First, discomfort is felt in the temples, then the painful sensations move to other areas of the head. Such sensations may be present for one to three days.
- Head injuries. A concussion, bruise, or hematoma negatively affects brain activity.
- Tumors of the brain or temporal bone. Benign or malignant neoplasms can cause pain because they lead to increased pressure in the skull and disrupt the blood supply to the brain and the transmission of nerve impulses.
- Cervical osteochondrosis, intervertebral hernia. When bones and cartilage in the cervical spine are damaged, blood supply to the arteries of the brain is disrupted, oxygen starvation begins, and a lack of glucose occurs. All this leads to the development of headaches.
- Other reasons for the development of pain in the forehead and eyes include the wrong choice of lenses or glasses, prolonged exposure to a dusty room, bright light or strong wind.
Eye injuries
If a person receives a blunt blow to the eyeball, cuts or accidentally scratches it, he will experience pain. You need to understand that even a slight injury to the visual organ can provoke very serious consequences. If you do not visit a specialist in a timely manner, do not undergo diagnostics and do not begin treatment therapy, then in this case there is a risk of completely losing your vision.
This is explained by the fact that after damage to the membrane of the eye, a large amount of blood begins to accumulate in it. This can provoke a severe hematoma or inflammatory process. In addition to pain in the eyes when moving the eyeball, patients complain of significant deterioration in vision. If a person does not seek help in a timely manner, the condition will only worsen.
Diagnostics
If pain occurs in the eyes and head, and even more so if it does not go away for a long time, you need to go to the clinic for an examination and an accurate diagnosis. Treatment tactics will depend on the diagnostic results.
Helpful information
First of all, the doctor studies the pathology history, symptoms, listens to the patient’s complaints, conducts a survey, determines whether he has had infectious diseases and what chronic diseases he has.
Then the patient is prescribed a laboratory blood test to identify inflammatory processes.
The doctor sends the patient for an MRI of the brain, which will help determine whether there are changes in bone and nerve tissue, or whether there is narrowing of the blood vessels in the neck and head. Additionally, the doctor may refer you for a consultation with an ophthalmologist and neurologist.
The following diagnostic measures can also be carried out:
- Dopplerography of cerebral vessels.
- X-ray of the head.
- CT.
- Ophthalmoscopy.
- ECHO-encephalography.
After studying the diagnostic results, the doctor makes a final diagnosis and develops a treatment regimen.
Infection in the eye
In this case, the person suffers from severe inflammation and pain. However, you need to understand that infections and harmful bacteria enter the eyes not only under the influence of the external environment, but also as a result of the activity of inflammatory foci in other body systems. For example, this can happen if the patient previously suffered from purulent sinusitis or sinusitis. In this case, there is a high risk of developing eye infections.
If we talk about inflammation, then in this case not only pain will appear. Patients often complain that their eyeballs and head hurt, and their temperature rises rapidly. There are other characteristic symptoms. For example, some patients complain of redness, pain when pressing on the eyeballs, and mucous discharge.
Treatment
Treatment is aimed primarily at eliminating the cause, as well as the symptoms of the pathology. For inflammatory diseases, the doctor prescribes antibacterial drugs, decongestants and antiviral drugs. If migraine is diagnosed, triptans are prescribed; if blood pressure is high, antihypertensives and diuretics are prescribed. In the presence of hematomas and head injuries, surgery may be prescribed.
Pain is eliminated with the help of analgesics, antispasmodics and NSAIDs. The doctor may also prescribe medications to normalize blood circulation in the brain.
The most popular medications for such unpleasant symptoms include:
- "Aspirin". The medicine has anti-inflammatory, analgesic and antipyretic effects.
- "Indomethacin" has anti-inflammatory, antiaggregation, analgesic and antipyretic effects.
- "Sedalgin." The drug has an analgesic and antipyretic effect.
- "Pentalgin" is an anti-inflammatory, antipyretic and analgesic drug.
- Paracetamol has an analgesic and antipyretic effect.
- "Spazmalgon" is an antispasmodic medicine.
- Zomig is an anti-migraine drug.
- Sumatriptan stimulates serotonin receptors and is used against migraines.
Folk remedies
The doctor may recommend using alternative therapies. Sometimes they are much more effective than medications. The following traditional medicine recipes are used:
- Infusion of hawthorn and rosehip. 20 gr. these fruits are poured with one liter of boiling water and left for 2 hours. Take half a glass of infusion twice a day after meals.
- Plantain tincture. 10 plantain leaves are washed and crushed. Fill them with 50 ml of vodka and leave for five days. Take the infusion in the amount of 10 drops daily for one month.
- St. John's wort and mint. 2 tbsp. l. dry plants, pour 0.5 liters of water and bring to a boil. Then leave for 30 minutes with the lid closed. Take 1/3 cup decoction twice a day for 14 days.
- Boiled potatoes help with sinusitis. It is applied to the forehead, having previously been wrapped in a small piece of fabric. Beetroot and cabbage are used in the same way.
- An aloe leaf is cut in half and applied to the temples and forehead. The plant needs to be kept for about 30 minutes.
- A severe attack of pain can be relieved by garlic. It is crushed and the juice is squeezed out. This juice is applied to the temples and forehead.
- Peppermint copes well with pain. Tea is made from this plant and drunk. Effectiveness is observed twenty minutes after drinking the drink.
- A cold compress also helps.
In addition, doctors recommend taking a warm bath with chamomile infusion, massaging your head, and drinking lemon balm for an hour.
