Based on years of clinical experience, it has been found that occipital neuralgia has also become a headache problem for many people. What is occipital neuralgia? Occipital neuralgia generally refers to paroxysmal or persistent pain within the distribution of the greater occipital nerve and lesser occipital nerve, or paroxysmal exacerbation on the basis of persistent pain. The lesion can be in the nerve roots, plexus or nerve trunk in the occipital region and can be caused by many different diseases and damages. Occipital neuralgia can be induced by many different diseases and damages. Among them, neurological diseases are the most common, such as cervical spondylosis, intravertebral canal lesions, intracranial metastatic tumors, and congenital malformations of the circum-occipital region; respiratory infections, tonsillitis, endocrine system diseases, and cranio-occipital trauma and other diseases can all induce occipital neuralgia. Typical symptoms of occipital neuralgia: its main pain site in the occipital part of the cervical-occipital junction of the back of the cervical, can also be radiated to the forehead. The pain is usually dull, distending or throbbing pain, rarely accompanied by nausea and vomiting, and when the attack is severe, it can also radiate to the back of the shoulder and the eye socket.