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Bad headaches and nausea
15/f
I've been sick since I went on my winter break around December 20th. Typical coughing, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose. I've gotten better & back to sick thought the months. I've been taking medications but I still can't get better. I stated getting really bad headaches & I went to the doctor & my doctor said that it was all because my sinuses were still clogged or whatever. It was only 6 pills, one day was 2 then the next few days were just one pill. My headaches were gone but now I'm still a little sick & I've been getting horrible head aches but now I have really bad nausea as well. Sometimes it's when I wake up. Sometimes it doesn't happen until I eat. I feel it might be my sinuses and also because I don't sleep very well has anyone gone through this? Does anyone know what it might be? I was reading & I'm scared it could be something serious like a brain tumor.
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Whatever is causing your problem may be beyond the knowledge of a family practitioner. It is time to call on the heavy hitter. A doctor that specializes in the problem area you are suffering with.
I'm not a doctor but my son suffered from severe sinus problem and like you also had stomach issues. This does not mean his diagnoses and your will be the same. What it does mean is that like him it is time to go to the next level of care and she a specialist an ENT doctor. ENT, stands for Ear, Nose and Throat.
I suggest you look for an ENT that is Board Certified in this Specialty for what this means is this doctor has taken specialized course, completed a years Fellowship and passed all the test required to be Certified by the College of ENT Surgeons. Many states allow a doctor to specialize in an area of medicine as long as they did a rotation in that specialty during residency. A Board Certified Doctor is the better choice to treat you.
Unless your Health Insurance requires ay our family doctor to refer you to a specialist then what I suggest is this. IF you do not know one call your local hospital referral line and ask to be referred to a Board Certified ENT affiliated with the hospital. They may even make the first appointment for you. If you do need a referral still call the hospital and ask for the referral as I have stated. Make sure the doctor is in your network and ask to be referred to this doctor.
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You need to go back to your doctor. As long as what they tell you and prescribe doesn't help you need to go back and keep insisting on them running tests to discover what it is. If this has been going on for months, then obviously, your Dr. hasn't been looking for, searching for clues that might give him an idea as to what is wrong. He/She may have to run a lot of tests that start with basic ones like urine check and blood check for the usually things that might produce the symptoms you have and if it comes back negative, then they have to do the same tests again looking for more things. Its not a matter of just asking someone, even Drs online what they think it might be cus even though you might find a dozen things that fit the description, without proper diagnosis by doing enough tests, no Dr. can be sure and it won't help you to treat you for one illness when you actually have another because of course, you won't get better. Talk to the parents and ask to go back to the Dr.
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