Pain in the back of the head has more causes and can be related to cervical spondylosis, brain lesions, hypertension, neurasthenia and other causes. 1. Cervical spondylosis: due to cervical degenerative discs lead to local muscle tension, nerve root compression, often causing pain and numbness in the back of the head and occipital neck muscles. 2. Brain lesions: especially in the cerebellum, such as brain tumors, abscesses, subarachnoid hemorrhage, etc. often cause increased intracranial pressure, which will lead to pain in the back of the brain, which may be accompanied by nausea and vomiting, and even epilepsy, hemiparesis, and impaired consciousness and other symptoms. 3. Hypertension: patients with high and poorly controlled blood pressure or not taking blood pressure-lowering medications can experience pain in the back of the head, which can be located in the back of the head. 4. Neurasthenia: due to work, study and life in the pressure, often cause a few people to anxiety, insomnia, etc., if not pay attention to or without formal treatment, long-term will lead to headaches, poor mental health, memory loss, depression and other conditions. When pain in the back of the head occurs, you need to actively seek medical treatment to clarify the cause of the disease and then targeted treatment.