can someone please help me out if you went through this or going through this now. it all started around 2-3 weeks ago, i had already been going through it with my neck thinking i had cancer because i had a knot in my neck and jaw was swelling up and ear clogging up.so i had been beyond stressed out for weeks now before the headaches has started.i noticed one day my head started to hurt on the right side of my head and down the right side of my head leading down to my neck on the same side. it was minor at first so i just thought it was a normal headache so i paid it no mind. then it happened again the next day and the next day and so on. i went and finally got the the MRI for my neck and it came back normal so i thought may be that would help me get over these headaches but it hasnt done anything but got worse 
my eyes kinda hurt well behind my eyes and now the headaches is going from the back of my head to either side of the front with tightness around head. Also what its making this worse my friend at work said he knew a guy that was having symptoms with headaches and went to ER and they told him he was HIV + so now im really freaking out!! i did receive unprotected oral sex like 3-4 weeks before all this started to happen. also at my job i sit all day and drive a shuttle for 10 hours so could this be a pull neck my in neck or something more serious? also when the headaches come i feel nauseous too.
1. they didnt see anything in my MRI but does a neck MRI check neck and head?
2. i drive a shuttle van for 10 hours a day and i have had some neck tightness and stiffness from sitting all day
3. i have been really stressed thinking i might have cancer and have been really depressed
4. now my friend have me thinking this might be related to HIV, i was check for all stds including hiv like 5 days after exposure i know thats to soon but everything was negative
5.could this be to anxiety or depression or do this sound like a brain tumor or something more serious?
John, the fact that you drive all day could have a lot to do with it. I sat at a computer for seven years at my job and I had very similar symptoms to yours. I highly doubt you have HIV because headache is not the initial symptom and headaches can occur with any condition.
Headaches are the number one medical complaint of people. You can get a headache with a cold, the flu, neck strain, chronic conditions, anxiety, Eye strain, and on and on .
It does not sound like cancer to me.
If you had cancer you’d be feeling way worse by now. And the MRI would have shown something. So you can relax about that.
Yes, an MRI would check the head and neck and it was normal.
sometimes when you have neck Muscles tightening up like from all the driving you do, that can actually cause All sorts of things like ears plugged, cause tightness around the head and headache,and make you feel poorly.
My neck muscles were so tight I would get headaches and I actually had to go to therapy which helped a lot. Do you ever have sinus problems? Allergies? This can also cause headaches in plugged ear feeling.
if your neck is that tight, see if your doctor can write an order for some physical therapy to loosen it up. That would give you a lot of relief. I tried doing it on my own but it was too difficult and they know what exercises to have you do.
The anxiety may be making it feel worse. Anxiety can also cause the plugged ear feeling which I get occasionally.
You’re going to be OK. Millions of people have your same symptoms from chronic neck strain and knots,.
.Take care of yourself.
Thanku so much for responding , yes anxiety will make your neck tight and make your jaws swell and clogg your ears lol I experienced all that.. thought I was getting better until my head started hurting everyday.. I’m so confused I just don’t know where to go from here.. just seem like it’s always something..
john, I had headaches for 3 weeks on one side or the other. what I realized was that I was putting a lot of pressure on my teeth. are your teeth hearing too? you might need a night guard for the teeth. it helped me, headaches went away. also make sure your drinking enough water.
Ok I’ll mske an appointment and see what’s going on .. I’m scared to death .. I get over fear of having cancer to fear of having HIV
Now my limbs and knees and shoulders are aching and feeling numb and hands.. can someone help!!