I have an excruciating pain only when I raise my left eyebrow. Started maybe 6 days ago and has progressively gotten worse. My left forehead feels swollen and I have slight tingling feeling coming down beside my eye and it feels that the pain has slowly grown towards my temple. Any help in diagnosis is appreciated. Thanks
Hello! I understand your concern. Your symptoms are more likely to be caused by a disorder called Trigeminal neuralgia affecting the ophthalmic branch of the trigeminal nerve. This is the main nerve responsible for our head sensitivity. It is an inflammation of this nerve causing sharp pain like electric shock. The fact that it happens when you raise your eyebrow is typical, because the pain is often triggered by face movements. I would recommend you a head MRI to find out the cause of this disorder. There are different causes like tumors, vascular problems, cysts, infections, etc. The treatment would be antiepilepsy Chat Doctor. If a lesion is diagnosed in MRI surgery may be needed. Hope to have been helpful! Thank you for using Chat Doctor! Best wishes