The pain in the back of the head after drinking may be related to alcohol stimulation, cervical spondylosis, cerebrovascular accident, primary headache, etc.
1. Alcohol stimulation: after drinking a lot of alcohol, the ethanol in alcohol is metabolized by the liver to become acetaldehyde, which can cause vasodilatation of blood vessels in the head, resulting in increased intracranial pressure, and then the symptom of post-drinking pain in the back of the head can occur, accompanied by dizziness, and the symptom can be gradually relieved as soon as possible after the metabolism of acetaldehyde is discharged from the body.
2. Cervical spondylosis: If you suffer from cervical spondylosis, it may also compress the nerves and blood vessels of the head, causing pain in the back of the head, at this time, the symptoms may not be related to alcohol, but may overlap in time.
3. Cerebrovascular accidents: such as cerebral hemorrhage. Drinking alcohol may cause increased blood pressure, and if the patient has cerebral hemangioma, cerebral vascular sclerosis and other underlying diseases, it may cause blood vessel rupture, causing cerebral hemorrhage, which leads to pain in the back of the head.
4. Primary headache: migraine, tension headache and other primary headache, drinking alcohol can trigger its attack, manifested as pain in the back of the head and other symptoms.
If you have pain in the back of the head after drinking alcohol, especially if the pain is severe and difficult to relieve, you should go to the hospital in time to find out the cause of the pain and then actively treat it, so as not to delay the condition.