I have been suffering from a heavy headache since 8 months, in the earlier days I had very heavy headache throughout the day. Now I am somehow better but I feel a tightness at my temples with a tight neck and whenever I move my head, I feel a kind of crackling sound inside my head. Please help me.

Dr. Dipan SamantaGeneral Physician1yrs exp

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Hello it can be due to many problems. May be due to anxiety or tension headache, sinusitis, migraine and few others. Do you have any of these along with the symptom you mentioned: constipation mood swings food cravings increased thirst and urination frequent yawning although, if you have no light sensitivity, no nausea, no vomiting, then it may be tension headache. You can do contrast enhanced mri. I suspect, this may be tension headache. For now, you can do these: drinking water and avoiding dehydration helps in preventing tension headache. Using stress management and relaxing often makes headaches less likely. Avoid drinking alcohol and smoking. Good posture might prevent headaches if there is neck pain. Otc pain killers may help I am not allowed to prescribe medicine in this section of the website, so, you can join me in private chat to discuss in details. Hope this help you a little.  

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