Throbbing Eye Pain

One of the signs of a migraine headache is that of throbbing eye pain. In my case it could be described as a sudden shooting type of discomfort that causes me to grab my head and close my eyes. When this type of discomfort starts all I want to do is stay away from any type of light source or noises.

The agony is almost unbearable as the nerves all the way down the side of my face and into my neck begin to scream for some type of medication to relieve the intensity of the attack.

Because the sinuses are located just above the eye my doctor treated me as a chronic sinusitis patient for years. Then, one day as I was on my fourth round of antibiotics, he decided to send me in for a CT scan and also arranged an appointment with an ear, nose and throat specialist. That was when the truth was discovered that I actually was suffering from migraine headaches.

The specialist pin pointed the problem right away because the results of the CT scan returned that there was no sign of infection. The only thing that showed that was abnormal but common was some type of bending of the septum.

The thing about the shooting pain that is associated with a migraine is that regular over the counter medications will only knock it out for a couple of hours. Usually it takes very large doses of aspirin or IBProfen to take a little of the nerve racking edge off of the throbbing pain that is located behind the eye area.

Doctors and research institutes have linked eye pain on one side of the face to being a common trait of having migraine headaches.

Really, the only medicines that has ever helped quickly, when the throbbing eye pain starts, are Imitrex or Maxalt. Both of these medications have proved to bring lasting relief. They both must be prescribed by your physician though.

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