What causes headache on one side with acidity? - Dr. Sanjay Gupta

Headache is a very common symptom of the patients coming to the hospital and the headache can be classified and categorized in many different ways. It is also very challenging for the doctor to find the cause of the headache and to investigate an d treat it .Most of the cases can come with unilateral headache and bilateral headache and the commonest fall into a category called as migraine. As everybody knows that migraine has got various aspects, various symptoms and various precipitating signs, various manifestations and various types of treatment. But it is a diagnosis of exclusion and we have to find out that what I causing the headache, what is triggering it and what is the best possible fate of treatment. Now it is very commonly seen that people have upper GI distress and lower GI symptoms associated with headache. Bu it is quite difficult to say that what is the cause and effect. Some will say that they had a headache and then they developed acidity. Some will say they had acidity and then developed headache. It is a matter of how we understand the patient and treat his condition from his headache and upper GI distress, called as acidity, most common symptoms in patients. When you correlate it, then a lot of physiology comes in between like for example sympathetic stimulation of the upper GI and the neurovascular system, is one of the very common manifestations of how you look at the cause of this problem. But many people say that they have taken an antacid or a proton pump inhibitor and they have got relieved of headache. But eventually you are allowing the stomach to feel better, you are allowing the stomach to have a good gastric emptying time, you are allowing the small intestine to function normally when you take these medicines for dyspepsia. Dyspepsia involves a lot of symptoms of people coming with headache and it is not only monotherapy. So we say that when we deal with headaches and with people who say they have acidity, it is not a monotherapy. It is a polytherapy. We have to give a combination of medicines. And most important of the most precipitating factors is stress. Stress is the most important culprit of people who come with these two problems and we should not take this lightly as these people coming with these symptoms worsening can also signal other diseases, other morbid diseases which should be diagnosed in time. So I would suggest that medical practitioner should be involved when these symptoms come frequently in combination.

[pankajkumari]

I m suffering from acidity for many years, how can I get a better treatment..
Headache, acidity, बेचैनी poore din ko waste kar deti hain, kabhi kabhi to 2-3 din bhi..

[shiayatkhanam]

Rare of doctor understand that migraine or one side headache also occurs due to gastric problem

[isha]

Thank you Doctor Sanjay. This is very good explanation. I shifted to USA 5-6 years ago as a student. The immense amount of stress i have felt in the years that followed has made me get headaches due to acidity. Sometimes the acidity is too bad so an antacid relieves it for sometime only. But at other times even a basic antacid like Eno or Pudin Hara cures it. But yes, acidity comes and goes, i do need to work on stress :o

[suresrky]

Can you please advice me I have blooting and same time get headaches badly it’s coming only one side . Visited many clinics still suffering

[erwinramirez]

I told to my doctors that everytime im having an acid reflux it cones with headache and they dont believe me they keep on telling me that its not related but i swear whenever im having an acid attack my head really hurst.

[nehaansari]

I have 2 headache prblm N sometime in my left side eyes k upper side I feel like bloating.. I have gas prblm 2 .. I jst want 2 know is this due to gas issue? I hope everyone here get well soon in sha allah from headache prblm Ameen Allahuma Ameen ❤

[shouftas]

I have bloating which I believe causes pressure to my sphincter to open which causes acid reflux, which causes migraine. Anxiety also affects my stomach.

[lamborghinidreamers]

Sir mere sir 1 mhine se dard ho raha hai. Aur mujhe gastritis ki medicine chalu hai mtlab mujhe roj roj acidity thi uski medicine chalu thi pr ab sirdard bhi hota hai wo bhi rojroj

[cristalz]

My problem is pain on the right side of my head.... it been hurting me so bad. Even in my ear

[srana]

I am having terrible headache too.. it reccures almost every month and last 2-3days... BCZ of acidity..

[sanchayanbhattacharjee]

gas se chakkar ate hai migrain prob hote hai.suggest me sir.solutions v bolie

[manjinderjanghra]

Please if someone explain. my head feel heavy everything look like unreal. Dizzy all the time not feel comfort in any position. What can i do

[timcook]

Im having a terrible headache and I know it's coming from my stomach due to my gastritis

[adarshchaudhary]

Sir i am 19 I am suffering from migraine with acid reflux there is an any permanent treatment. My headache will start to eat such food tomato, cold drink, chocolate and others acidic food

[marjoriesedico]

I alway had a headache and if I can't vomiting my head is so pain and my eyes can't see

[hamzamumtaz]

Just chew every bite of food 32 times . i tried now have no gas

[jyotij]

I have an right side headache, he occour only summers, sir plz reply

[gam]

Sometimes, , Both side brain pain, vomiting feel
it brain tumor???
Pls tell me

[sweetrosehoney]

Dr.i guess too this headache from my stomach my right head side.pl advice me Dr what to do

[bhoitemahesh]

Sir I am suffering for migraine headach since last 9-10 years. And I am only 27 years old please help 🙏🏻