My daughter (as well as myself) have had lifelong migraines. Hers have been more frequent since she took the jab (work required). I have never had paralysis nor has she before this. Thanks for all the prayers!
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Hey DC, if the CT scan and MRI does not point to the culprit, perhaps my past history might be useful in offering a possible third scenario:
Many years ago when I was a young woman, I developed a severe headache. I had it for 9 days. I was in such pain and distress, I literally figured I had a brain tumor and was going to die. Strange how when anyone else was sick, I was the best nursemaid for them, but when it was me, I became incompetent and unable to get myself seen to.
Back then, I was living alone and working many hours at my job. I felt like I couldn't take off time from work to see a doctor and besides (pre-internet) I didn't even know whom to go to.
My brother happened to call me to chat out of the blue and I related what was going on. He had been a proponent of chiropractors and had been going to one regularly for years.
He came right over to see me at my place and rubbed my back and neck and did an amateur back and neck adjustment on me. He claimed my neck vertebrae were out of place. I felt immediate relief and my headache was gone, never to return. I began seeing a chiropractor after that from time to time and my neck and upper back always needed some kind of adjustment of which I would get measurable relief.
About 15 years later, my husband and I and our 2 little ones went out of town for a 3-day vacation up to the high country and rented a little cabin built in the 1950s. It was very quaint but the mattresses were really too soft and broken down and likely decades old.
During the night I became aware that I was paralyzed from the neck down! I was able to speak but could not move anything else. I cried out to my husband to help me. I had him sit me up and sit behind me to support me and rub my arms and legs vigorously. All sensation returned. Again, it turned out to be my neck or back vertebrae pinching some nerves due to the mattress being too soft and me putting pressure in some manner on them.
When a teen, my dentist removed my upper wisdom teeth as they were growing sideways, but the bottom ones weren't in yet. Many years later, the bottom ones came in, but with no downward pressure from above, they became too tall, interfering with my bite. Dentist recommended they be removed. I was put under anesthesia for the procedure and the dental surgeon said he really had to work to get those teeth out. Over the next couple of weeks, my jaw developed severe TMJ and my neck hurt so bad. I thought, "Crap. What have I done to myself? Now I've messed up my bite and will be in distress forever." But then I thought, what if when I was unconscious, the surgeon roughhoused my neck and jaw and put them out of place? I went to the chiropractor and he adjusted my neck and all of the pain was relieved.
Just my two cents. Hope your daughter gets good news soon.
This is solid advice. I'm 38 and healthy but have had my share of issues. Many of my issues were caused by things being out of alignment in my neck, back, hips, etc. I don't currently see a chiropractor and wasn't always a fan of them, but a GOOD chiropractor is helpful for many people and many conditions, and they are certainly more trustworthy than most any MD.
Agree about chiropractors. I periodically have issues with trigeminal neuralgia. Worst headache, and feels like all the teeth on that side are abscessed. Basically a fancy name for "a neck bone is pinching a nerve". Can push sideways on my neck in a certain place for a bit of relief, and a chiropractor adjustment works wonders.