Summary

Left sided head pain is something that I have bene suffering with for the whole duration of this medical episode. It is a severe throbbing pain around the left side of my head. The pain extends from my left eye and temporal region through to my ear and all around the left side of my head. It feels like a nail is being drilled into the middle of my skull. The pain has worsened significantly in the last two years. The prominent area of pain is the bone immediately behind my left ear. There is a stabbing pain and dull ache there. I have a throbbing pain at the top of my skull. I have raised this with many different ENT specialists, but they have not investigated it, or answered any of my questions.

There is a gnarly pain on the left side of my forehead, just above my eyebrow. There is a constant dull ache there most days. In the MRI Neck images, the front lobe of my head and my nerve on the left side of my forehead, is bigger than on the right-hand side. If I raise this with any specialist, they say it is just ‘the angle of the scan.’ This does not resonate as true, as in my gallery, you can see more than six or seven images showing this enlargement on the left side above my left eyebrow. Below are examples of the images that I refer to.

When I take oral antibiotics, the pain around the left side of my head subdues, especially the stabbing pain in the bone behind my ear. However, when I come off the antibiotics, the pain returns.

Questions About My Left Sided Head Pain

1. What could be causing this pain?
2. If this is a soft tissue infection, could there be infection around the soft tissue of my head?
3. Is it possible that the pain around the left side of my head could be caused by mastoid or temporal bone enlargement?
4. Is it a skull-based otolaryngologist who deals with this?

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria.

My Concerns About My Head Pain

The pain on the left side of my forehead is not a migraine nor a headache. It is not separate from my facial or peri ocular pain. There is a similar quality about it to my facial pain. The pain feels like there is burning hot mist under the skin. My head throbs, all around the left side. I have not had my head pain properly investigated with an MRI scan. The pain is worsening, particularly where the bone is, right behind my ear. I am extremely concerned about this.

The last Ear Nose and Throat Consultant who I saw, said that he thought that my head pain could be to associated with my temporal bone. At the time, he told me that he needed to take a careful look at my temporal bone. However, he did not carry out any investigation of my temporal bone. He sent my case on to Oral Maxillofacial surgery.

Temporal Bone

Both my head and ear pain have both significantly worsened in the last year. I currently have no ENT consultant to speak about it with. It would be useful to have my temporal bone and muscle looked at. This is because they are both situated close to the zygomatic bone, right under my eye, where I experience acute pain. They are also not far from the Maxillary and mandible regions, where pathology has been found, and where my medical problems are originating from. As these spaces are all so closely linked. I am wondering whether the cause of my head pain is the same cause behind my eye and facial pain?

Could this be a peripheral soft tissue infection?

I am looking for a skull-based otolaryngologist who specialises in the temporal bone and the mastoid. If you are an Ear, Nose and Throat clinician, who specialises in this, please get in touch with me via Twitter @myfacialpain or email me at info@myfacialpain.com.

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