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If you have occipital neuralgia, you may experience one or more of these symptoms: Throbbing, aching pain or sharp, electric-like pain that typically starts where the back of your head meets your neck. Pain that radiates to one side of your head, down your neck and/or back. Pain behind your eye. Increased sensitivity of your scalp.
20 cze 2024 · Occipital neuralgia is a type of nerve pain that can lead to headaches. It can occur when there is pressure or damage to the occipital nerves. These start in the neck and run up the sides of...
25 mar 2024 · Occipital neuralgia may be caused by a pinched nerve in your neck, an injury to your scalp or skull, or tight muscles that press on nerves. Occipital neuralgia can also be caused by certain health conditions such as arthritis, gout, diabetes, degeneration in the spine, infection, or inflammation.
3 cze 2024 · Occipital neuralgia can cause intense pain that feels like a sharp, jabbing, electric shock in the back of the head and neck. Other symptoms include: Aching, burning, and throbbing pain...
23 lis 2022 · Occipital neuralgia is a type of headache that causes symptoms of burning, aching, and throbbing pain in the back of the head and neck. Causes can include infection, irritation, or trauma to the occipital nerves. Treatment of occipital neuralgia depends upon the underlying cause.
21 maj 2022 · Occipital neuralgia is a headache disorder that affects your occipital nerves. Your occipital nerves are the nerves that run through your scalp. You may experience sharp, stinging or burning sensations on your scalp or behind your eye. Most people experience pain relief with the right treatment.
22 sie 2024 · Occipital neuralgia may arise from nerve entrapment (a pinched nerve), muscle tension, infection, degenerative disc disease, or whiplash injury. Occipital neuralgia is unilateral and causes severe, sudden stabbing or shooting pain that begins in the neck and radiates to the top of the head.