Pain in the back of the head is not necessarily neuralgia, but may also be caused by brain tumors, cervical spondylosis or mental stress and other physiological factors.
1. Cerebral neuralgia: often caused by mental tension or neuroinflammation, etc., which can be manifested as electric shock-like, knife-like, stabbing pain, etc.
2. Brain tumor: Tumors occurring in intracerebral tissues or metastasized to the brain from distant places, such as glioma, meningioma, etc., can manifest as headache, vomiting, optic nerve edema and other symptoms.
3. Cervical spondylosis: it is a disease of cervical vertebrae caused by degenerative changes of cervical vertebrae due to various reasons, and when intervertebral disc prolapses and presses on cervical nerves and blood vessels, it can also cause headache and other symptoms.
4. Physiological factors: when excessive pressure, high mental tension, or even anxiety and insomnia, cerebral vascular spasm can be induced, thus causing headaches.
There are many causes of pain in the back of the head, it is recommended that patients seek timely medical treatment, targeted treatment under the guidance of the doctor.