Pain in the occiput and the causes of it

What can the headache say , in principle? I must say that it is a rather unpleasant and even painful syndrome, which can indicate that the body is not all right. Therefore, depending on which part of the head it hurts, you can find out the approximate reason for the appearance of such pain. Although, for the sake of justice it is worth noting that it will not be possible to do this solely on the basis of military sensations.

Take, for example, pain in the nape. Very often it can appear due to a strong spasm of the vessels of the head, which usually occurs with hypertension of an arterial nature. In this case, there is usually a slight increase in pressure. In addition, such pain may also appear as a result of a decrease in the vascular tone of the vertebrobasilar basin, in which a decrease in pressure is observed.

Sometimes the pain in the back of the head causes disturbances in metabolic processes in the body. In this case, those pain receptors that are directly on the walls of the blood vessels begin to react actively to changes in the tone of these vessels. Quite often such unpleasant sensations are caused by irritation of nerve endings in the cervical region, in the form of their deformation after displacement of the cervical vertebrae.

Here, the pain in the nape takes a "purely" neuralgic character and can be amplified at a time when a person is making an incautious move. Therefore, to eliminate such pain, it is necessary to eliminate the causes of its appearance, i.e. Begin to deal with the treatment of the spine and cervical department in particular. However, it may happen that if such unpleasant pain in the nape of the neck does not pass for a long time, paresthesia may join it. This is called the increased sensitivity of the skin of the occipital part.

Exhausting pain can also appear due to cervical migraine. This is a fairly serious disease, which will take a long time to heal, and it is not always possible to achieve rapid positive results. The saddest thing about treating migraine is that you can not get rid of the concomitant migraine of hypertension with the help of conventional medications.

From this it can be concluded that if the head hurts, then before you start taking any medicines inside, you will first have to find out the cause of this pain, so as not to harm your health completely.

Pain in the back of the neck, except for the cases described above, can also occur with inflammation in the muscles, in which the muscles usually tighten. Whatever it was, but the pain in the occipital part is a consequence of a serious health problem. Only bad luck - it is not always possible to determine precisely the essence of such a cause.

Thus, if a person tries to establish the causes of such pain on his own, then he is at great risk. Independently to put the correct diagnosis, not that that it is difficult, but even it is impossible. Therefore, if there is a sudden pain in the nape of the neck, it is not worthwhile to delay the visit to the doctor. And on reception at the doctor it is necessary to tell as much as possible in detail to him, where exactly and that hurts. Based on the patient's story, the doctor will first appoint a checkup, and then the correct and full treatment. This is the only way to eliminate both the pain in the head and its cause.

Although such an unpleasant sensation you can try to film yourself. So, you need to sit on a chair and clasp your head with your hands in such a way that your thumbs are on the upper cheekbones, and everyone else lies on the back of the head. Now you have to gently tilt your head back, but in the process, try to hold back with your hands a little, as if preventing it. So you need to continue for 6 seconds, then relax and slowly lean back in the chair. If the exercise is performed correctly, the neck muscles will stretch and the pain in the occiput will gradually subside.