Groaning in back of head, spines tingling

George White

I''ve been having headaches and the feeling of gushing in the back of my head. I also have spinal tingles, pains, ears popping, and noises in the back of my head, a kind of groan. What could it be?

I went to St Vincent's in the middle of the night, when feeling really bad. I was given blood pressure tests and a doctor looked at me with a light in the eye, and analysed me, said I was fine. I had a blood test from my GP, and said I was fine.

But I don't feel fine. I still have spinal pains, groaning noises everywhere, especially in the back of my head. My ears still pop. I have a gurgling noise at the back of my head, sometimes the feeling of blood rushing. I keep telling myself I have a tumour, even though doctors have told me I don't. I feel I NEED an MRI test to convince myself.

It just feels getting worse.

Now, I have a cough and flu-like symptoms and had a flu for about week, and worrying this again could be a tumour.

What else could it be?

phonypony

If you've had flu-like symptoms, this could be related. It could also be an issue with the vestibular system. I've had similar feelings of fluid movement and sudden severe headache which stemmed from a concussion.

I went to Vincent's ED after the initial head trauma and was dismissed, similar to yourself. I ended up having a repeat episode a while later an got a referral to ED.

If an MRI or CT scan is what it will take to feel at ease or get to the bottom of this, try to convince a GP to give you a referral to an ED and go to Beaumont. You know your body, you know if something is far from ordinary.

George White

Is it potentially fatal?

George White

Just now.

Had flu like symptoms, vomiting yellowish acidic mucus. Then while stocking up on panadols in Lidl, suddenly felt very dizzy, my entire body numb. Now in bed, feel less numb but stilll shivery.

Gremlinertia

Do get back to your doctor and/or hospital there's no medical advice here, so much involved symptom wise that there's no way we could hazard a guess and medical advice isn't allowed, I've my fingers crossed for you.

George White

Was told by a doctor today at St Michael's that they were confident i didn't have a tumour to not test me for tumour markers, but I have so many of the symptoms (spine tingling, numbness, noises in head, diarrhoea, ears popping, sore throat for more than two weeks, vomiting/phlegm) that surely that counts, but no, they already' could tell'.

The noise in my head began three months ago. Doctors keep telling me I don't have a tumour, but the symptoms keep getting worse. What else could be causing the noises/popping/numbness?

They gave me a complete blood count test, but now I read, 'Leukemia aside, most cancers cannot be detected in routine blood work, such as a CBC test. However, specific blood tests are designed to identify tumor markers, which are chemicals and proteins that may be found in the blood in higher quantities than normal when cancer is present'