Why is there a headache in the back of my head?

Headache in the occipital part of the head has become a common occurrence. Judging by the statistics of complaints, the syndrome occupies one of the leading positions. Symptomatics manifests itself in different ways. The severity, discomfort of the collar zone is transformed into a dull, pressing or pulsating pain.

Sometimes acute sensations arise immediately, progress at turns, head inclinations, are accompanied by a nausea, a giddiness. Without a medical opinion, one can not state the real cause of their occurrence. Provoke attacks can vascular, neurological pathology, stress on the cervical extensor.

Tip! It is necessary to conduct informative studies of the spine, brain, vessels on ultrasound, MRI.

Causes of occipital headaches

Acute sensations can be localized in a specific area, migrate to the temples, to the sides. Painful attacks increase, weaken depending on the position of the head. Phenomena are single and chronic. Single cases are noted due to:

• overwork, stress;
• excessive use of stimulant drinks;
• differences in atmospheric pressure;
• narrowing of the vessels after a smoked cigarette.

If rare headaches in the nape of the neck do not cause fear, then repeated symptoms are a pretext for a visit to a neurologist.

Why do pains appear in the back of the head?

Myogelosis( swelling of the muscles) is familiar to all. Long stay in one pose, draft, provoke discomfort sensations of the neck zone. Often there is a headache on the left in the occiput or from the opposite side. The condition is clearly expressed after performing physical exercises that provoke an increase in blood pressure. The nature of pain is stable, often migrating to the temporal lobe. Often this is a professional disease involving office staff, drivers.

Tip! To prevent progression, it is necessary to master exercises for warming up the neck. Improve the condition will help relaxing massage.

Severe headache in the nape with acute attacks, localization on one side occurs with neuralgia of the great occipital nerve. Often, the ear, supraclavicular, innervating nerve are affected. Attacks occur when moving head, coughing.

After their recession in the collar zone, aching sensations remain. Temporary relief comes after a massage. Causes of the occipital headache:

• spondylarthrosis;
• osteochondrosis;
• supercooling.

Frequent headaches in the nape occur with hypertension. Only 6% of the disease develops without concomitant pathologies. Signs of high blood pressure - pain in the morning. To make sure or rule out the probability of the disease, it is necessary to monitor the dynamics of blood pressure for 7-15 days. If the etiology is not established, the condition is interpreted as idiopathic neuralgia.

Cervical lesions of

In 35% of cases, painful attacks provoke cervical osteochondrosis. Because of the anatomical structure in the upper part, the vertebrae are close to the arteries and relative to each other. Even with microscopic changes, the nerve and blood vessels that transport the food to the brain are squeezed. Osteochondrosis of the neck leads:

• to radiculopathy( pathology of the nerve roots);
• appearance of growths on disks;
• narrowing the lumen of the intervertebral canals.

With a shallow turn of the head, cerebral circulation is disturbed, which leads to a headache in the occiput to the right and left, with a shift in the frontal, temporal parts. The condition is aggravated by episodic darkening in the eyes, noise in the ears.

Cervical spondylosis often becomes the cause of a headache in the neck area. When the spinal column is damaged, microcracks appear on the discs, with the stage started, hernia causing pain in the shoulder girdle. A typical disturbance of the blood flow of the left or right vertebral artery or both is accompanied by painful pains.

Irritation of nerve trunks and arteries leads to a temporary or irreversible spasm that causes visual, auditory disorders, coordination disorders. People with hypodynamia are at the top of the cervical department of various types.

Tip! To be sure of the expected diagnosis, you should grope the first vertebra, press down on it with your finger. With artificial compression, sensations disappear or worsen. If the suspicions are confirmed, only the doctor will help to cope with the problem.

Cold compresses are applied to relieve the headache in the nape and nausea. If attacks are associated with a pressure shock, neutralizing drugs are taken. For a known reason, pain is cured - nurofen, analgin, citramone, pentalgin, ketones. It is necessary to understand that vomiting and other accompanying symptoms are not harmless and require professional treatment.