Pain in left temple

People who complain of pain in their left temple often turn to a neurologist. According to epidemiological studies, in civilized countries about 70% of the population experience constant or periodic pain. Perhaps this figure will increase if absolutely all people suffering from such pains will turn to a doctor for help. After all, a large number of patients prefer to be treated on their own, thoughtlessly taking any medications and thus causing even greater harm to their health.

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What causes pain in the left temple?

Pain in the left temple may be a consequence of a violation of the tone of the cerebral vessels of the venous and arterial beds.

The appearance of pain in young people can be triggered by migraine, increased intracranial pressure, autonomic dysfunction.

In the elderly, temporal pain is often a consequence of cerebral atherosclerosis, arterial hypertension. The sensations of pain are aggravated by impending magnetic storms, physical, mental or emotional overstrain. In such cases, pain in the left temple is inherently oppressive, pulsating. Most of all, it is felt in the temporal or occipital region.

Infectious diseases such as sore throat, flu, ARVI and others can also cause the appearance of temporal pain.

Familiar, perhaps, every adult alcohol intoxication, that is, the poisoning of the body.

Headaches caused by emotional, mental disorders, as a rule, respond with pain in the left temple. It may be blunt, aching in nature and spread to the occipital and temporal region alternately.

Tuft pains and migraines - these two illnesses cause a person to experience a powerful headache, usually overcoming only one half of the head. Before the eyes of the patient like flies "flies". The pain can be felt in the temporal region, radiating to the eye. Pain syndrome can last from half an hour to several hours. If a person does not make any attempts to get rid of these long, lasting more than one day of torment, then a migraine stroke can be the result.

Pain in the left temple in women is often associated with a headache that occurs during menstruation. The cause of pain can be a hormonal disorder, especially this often happens during menopause.

Inflammation of the arterial walls of the temple causes a disease such as temporal arteritis. The disease is accompanied by severe, pulsating temporal pain.

Impaired functional activity of the spinal or cranial nerves is also fraught with the onset of pain in the left temple.

Any pathology of the temporal mandibular joint threatens with headache radiating to the left temple. Symptoms of the disease can be gnashing of teeth or clenching of the jaws.

The displacement of the disk of the temporomandibular joint can undoubtedly be a source of headache in the temporal region. Pain syndrome often also extends to the forehead or neck.

Even foods that contain monosodium glutamate serve as the key to pain in the left temple. After about half an hour - an hour, the person who consumed monosodium glutamate begins to experience unpleasant, aching or dull sensations in the temple or forehead.

Hot dogs, saturated with nitrites, also appear as a headache only 25-30 minutes after using these products for food.

The pain in the left temple also causes chocolate because of its high content of finylethylamine.

What to do if you have pain in your left temple?

In all cases when the pain in the left temple does not go away for a long time, you cannot tolerate it for a long time or try to eliminate it yourself, on the contrary, you should contact a medical center that specializes in neurological diseases for medical help as soon as possible.