Symptoms of greater occipital neuralgia

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Greater occipital neuralgia refers to the distribution of greater occipital nerve (posterior occipital) paroxysmal or persistent pain, which can also be aggravated on the basis of persistent pain. Occipital neuralgia refers to the occipital nerve, occipital nerve, suboccipital nerve and the third occipital neuralgia. The occipital part in a broad sense refers to the distribution area of four pairs of occipital nerves, that is, between the lines below the parietal tubercle, behind the bilateral auricular roots, and horizontally backward at the dip angle; The occipital part in a narrow sense refers to the scale part of the occipital bone. Now let's talk about the symptoms of occipital neuralgia.

Symptoms of greater occipital neuralgia

First: common symptoms: Acupuncture like pain, numbness on one or both sides of the upper cervical spine and posterior occipital, involving the part of the temple. The clinical manifestations are acupuncture like pain, knife cutting like pain or burning like pain on one or both sides of the posterior occipital or including the neck. When the pain occurs, the patient does not dare to turn his head, and sometimes the head and neck are in a straight state. Physical examination showed tenderness at the outlet of the great nerve, hyperalgesia or hypoesthesia in the distribution area of the great occipital nerve (C2-3), that is, from the ear top line to the hairline. Second only to vascular headache and functional headache, but also involving the small occipital nerve and the third nerve.

Second: in the drug treatment for trigeminal neuralgia is the same, most are with vitamin B drugs, if the pain is aggravated, turn to use Da lunding or carbamazepine to relieve pain.

Third: when suffering from occipital neuralgia, treatment is the most important. If necessary, please consult with a neurologist to make a definite diagnosis in time. Drug treatment is also a good choice, plus some nerve nutrition drugs, can more promote the recovery of health.

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