Jeremy,
The symptoms you describe about your right nostril being stuffy and pain
like a knife in the right eye are classic and well documented symptoms for
cluster headaches. Cluster headaches are treated differently than migraine.
Sometimes inhaling pure oxygen can help this type of headache. Cluster
headaches are more prevalent in men than in women and come in clusters or
groups for several weeks or days and then may disappear for a while. You
need to see a headache specialist or neurologist with a specialty in
headache. I too had sinus surgery about 8 years ago that did absolutely
nothing to help my daily headaches. I have read that people with sleep
disorders also have a high incidence of headache. The National Headache
Foundation website may help you find a doctor in your area that specializes
in treating headache. Good Luck to you.
Carolyn

> From: "jeramund" <jeramund@...>
> Reply-To: chronicdailyheadache@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 10:51:31 -0000
> To: chronicdailyheadache@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [chronicdailyheadache] Ice pick headaches
>
> Hi everybody,
>
> I'm new to this group and read a lot of these messages and I noticed
> that some of us have experienced the same kind of hellish headaches.
> I too suffer from these ice pick headaches where it feels like
> someone is trying to drill a hole through my eye or right above it.
> Does anyone have difficulty breathing through either of their
> nostrils? The reason I ask is that I noticed on my last headache
> that I was not able to breathe through my right nostril and the major
> source of my pain was my right eye. I have been to an ear, nose and
> throat doctor and had my septum straightened along with my tonsils
> and uvula removed. I was hoping this would also cure my sleeping
> problem but unfortunately it hasn't. I feel like that is the source
> of my problem and that the doctors are missing something but I'm not
> sure how to prove it. Does anyone else feel the same way?
>
> Here is a little more information about me:
>
> I am 27 and had major jaw surgery when I was 17 (I still have 4
> screws in my jaw that could also be the problem but I'm trying to see
> my oral surgeon about that)
>
> I also feel that I'm never rested and was given a CPAP machine for
> sleep apnea but have not been able to use it because I am mouth
> breather. I think this is also due to the sinus problem that no one
> can seem to find.
>
> I think all these problems are related somehow and I just thought I
> would list them in case anyone else has similar problems.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jeremy
>
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