What causes back of head pain?

The head is the control center of the human body, controlling its behavior and every move. Headaches are a common occurrence, but many people do not pay much attention or care about them, so there are no specific treatments or preventive measures. Sometimes when you can’t bear the pain anymore, you go to the hospital for a routine check-up, but they still can’t find out what’s wrong. So what exactly is causing the pain in the back of your head?

What is the cause of headache?

There are people around us who often complain of headaches and are troubled by the frequent attacks, and even wonder if they have a brain tumor. In fact, clinicians tell us that the more frequent the headache, the

, the possibility of an organic disease is smaller. According to statistics, common headaches

About 80% are tension or neurovascular headaches, or migraines. Their occurrence or aggravation is related to mental factors, that is, most of them are caused by adverse mental stimulation or prolonged mental activity. The ups and downs of the stock market, the wins and losses at the mahjong table, the intense intensity of studying, the gains and losses in work and social competition are all inferior mental stimuli. Working at a computer for a long time or using your brain for a long time while writing at a desk can easily cause brain fatigue and trigger headaches.

The best way to prevent this type of headache is to pay attention to mental hygiene and lifestyle hygiene, keep an open mind, not be troubled by gains and losses in the stock market or even in life, avoid bad living habits and hobbies, and don't seek distress. When working and studying, you should use your brain scientifically, avoid over-exertion, combine work and rest, ensure seven or eight hours of high-quality sleep every night, and try to make your life regular.

Enriching your life and learning to rest scientifically are also effective measures to prevent and treat this type of headache. Some people say that people who do a lot of mental work are more likely to get headaches, but there is no scientific basis for this. In fact, most people who suffer from headaches are those who don't know how to rest. Writers who study science or write at their desks all day long rarely suffer from headaches. The secret is that they are good at resting and their lives are fulfilling and colorful. Tolstoy, a great Russian writer, insisted on spending an hour outdoors every day and having fun in the suburbs for half a day every week until he was 60 years old. This was one of the reasons why his creativity was never exhausted and he never had a headache.

To prevent neuralgic headaches, you should also pay attention to improving your living environment, because a bad environment can disturb a person's mood, and bad mood is an important factor in causing headaches. Therefore, you should arrange your workroom in an orderly manner, keep your home clean and tidy, and decorate it with flowers and green grass to keep the air fresh. Such an environment will definitely make you feel good, and maybe you will forget about your headache, or even stop having it.

Causes of frequent headaches

Headache is one of the most common symptoms of human diseases. According to British statistics, 85% of the population will experience a headache at least once a year, and 38% of adults will suffer from a headache within two weeks. This shows how common headache is. Fortunately, most headaches are not caused by any serious physical illness, and are usually not caused by any changes in the tissues within the skull (intracranial). However, there are so many causes of headaches that you definitely need the help of professional medical personnel to find them accurately.

You should know that headache is just a symptom, not a disease itself. Buying pain killers every time you have a headache and taking them to make them go away is not a good way to treat headaches. To treat headaches, you must first find out the cause of the headaches, and then the best way is to take medical treatment specifically for the symptoms.

The main diseases that cause headaches are tension headache, combination headache

headache, subluxation, cervical degeneration (cervicospondylosis), cervical spondylosis (cervical

arthritis, cluster headache, migraine, drug dependence headache

headache, depression, hypoglycemia, diabetes, anemia, thyroid diseases, dental problems, glaucoma, optic problems, sinusitis, traumatic head injury, post-spine surgery complications.

spinal surgery, upper respiratory tract infection

infection or some less common but very serious diseases such as stroke, intracranial bleeding, temporal arteritis

arteritis, meningitis, increased intracranial pressure, brain tumors

tumor)………and so on. It is really hard to list them all.

Fortunately, most headaches are caused by tension headaches, mixed headaches, spinal misalignment, cervical degeneration, and cervical spondylosis. As long as the correct diagnosis is found, treatment is not difficult.

Tension headaches usually have a symmetrical pain range, extending from the back of the head to the forehead. The headache lasts for several hours. During the attack, the headache occurs every day. Usually, patients do not realize that the headache is related to mental tension, but after careful questioning, it is not difficult to find the direct relationship between the patient's tension and the headache. An Australian medical authority, Dr J. Murtagh, pointed out in his 1994 book that in addition to psychological factors, dysfunction of the cervical spine is also a major cause of tension headaches.

Mixed headache (Combination Headache), when it occurs, the symptoms are similar to tension headache, cervical spondylosis headache, migraine, medication dependence headache and other diseases. Patients often describe the severity of the headache as if their head is about to explode, and they feel the pain all day long. Fortunately, it usually only lasts for 3-7 days, but sometimes it can last for several months. Headaches often occur during busy work hours, and sometimes occur after a traffic accident or trauma to the neck or head.

Cervicogenic headache is caused by cervical spine dislocation, cervical degeneration, and cervical spondylosis. Some scholars call this type of headache occipital neuralgia. The main cause of headaches is problems with the first, second, and third cervical nerve roots. The pain is often on one side only, extending from the neck to the back of the head, the side of the head and behind the eyeball. Many medical personnel mistakenly diagnose cervical spondylosis headaches as migraines.

The above three types of diseases are common causes of headaches, and chiropractors can effectively solve them for patients. As for other causes of headaches, chiropractors can also diagnose and provide appropriate treatment and referrals for patients.

2Why do I have a headache and feel nauseous?

Headache is one of the common clinical symptoms, usually refers to the pain localized in the upper part of the head, including the brow arch, the upper edge of the ear helix and the area above the line connecting the external occipital protuberance. There are many causes of headache, some of which are serious and fatal diseases, but the cause is often difficult to diagnose.

The treatment of headaches depends on the different types of headaches mentioned above. For example, headaches caused by some diseases with clear causes should be controlled first to relieve the pain. If it is a tension headache or migraine, you should pay attention to avoiding its inducing factors, such as light, insomnia, irregular work and rest, etc.

There are many reasons for headaches, including colds, fever, problems with the five senses, abnormal blood pressure, head disorders, anemia, constipation, gas poisoning, alcohol poisoning, nervous fatigue, etc.

Headaches may be caused by irritation of the meninges, which causes blood vessels to constrict and increase tension. It may also be a signal from the brain reminding us that there is insufficient oxygen and that more oxygen is needed. As long as blood containing a lot of oxygen flows to the painful area, the headache will disappear immediately. However, we must find out what causes the headache before we can solve the problem.

Physical factors: Various causes that can cause inflammation and injury inside and outside the skull; traction, stretching, displacement, and expansion of blood vessels due to compression by tumors; irritation of the meninges; muscle contraction; direct stimulation of the sensory nerves that control the head and face, etc., can all cause headaches.

Massage your head: Massaging your head with moderate force is an effective way to relieve migraines. The temple is an important acupoint for migraine massage. You can press it with your index finger, or you can use your fist to gently rotate back and forth from the temple to the hairline to massage.

Experts remind: If you have frequent headaches, you should go to the hospital to see a specialist doctor to diagnose the cause and type of the headache. Do not rely too much on painkillers to avoid delaying treatment.

It is also necessary to remind you here that a healthy life requires good living habits, as well as daily exercise and timely relief of mental stress. Only in this way can you avoid headaches, nausea and other discomforts. Health is a kind of wealth, and this wealth is in your own hands. If you don’t want to have headaches and nausea, please live a healthy life.

3 What medicine to take for headache

Narcotic pain medication

This type of medication has the best analgesic effect and is effective for all headaches and even pain in other parts of the body. But its serious disadvantage is that it is extremely addictive. Continuous use of the drug for several times will lead to a "vicious circle": the headache disappears without a trace as soon as the drug is taken, but the headache comes back again as soon as the effect of the drug wears off. Moreover, once addiction occurs and the drug is discontinued, withdrawal symptoms will appear again. Therefore, although such drugs are cheap, they are strictly controlled and managed by the state, and there are strict regulations on their use.

Antipyretic and analgesic drugs

This type of medicine not only relieves pain, but also has antipyretic, anti-inflammatory, and anti-rheumatic effects. It is low in price, so it is widely used. Among them, the most representative aspirin is particularly prominent. It has the longest history of use, doctors are more familiar with its characteristics, it is relatively safe to use, and its effects are reliable. Others include analgin, phenacetin, paracetamol, aminopyrine, ibuprofen, and craniostatin.

Anti-anxiety medications

Since many patients' headaches are caused by emotional reactions such as anxiety, irritability, tension, and uneasiness, and those headaches that are not caused by psychological factors can also make patients upset and restless when they occur. Therefore, the use of antianxiety drugs is essential when controlling headache attacks, especially for tension headaches. This type of medicine can stabilize the patient's mood and relax the whole body, thereby relieving headaches. The most commonly used are benzodiazepines, such as diazepam, chlordiazepoxide, nitrazepam, clonazepam, sedation, chlordiazepoxide, and triazolam. This type of drug has a long duration of action in the body, mild side effects, and a certain sedative effect. However, long-term use can also cause addiction, so it is recommended that continuous use should not exceed 10 days and should be used under the guidance of a doctor.

Antidepressants

The effect of this type of drug on headache patients is not only to change the patient's depressive mood, but also this type of drug has a good anti-anxiety effect. This type of drug is not addictive when used for a long time, but it has certain effects on the cardiovascular system, so it should be used under the guidance of a doctor. Commonly used ones include doxepin, amitriptyline, maprotiline, clomipramine, etc.

other

Ergotamine caffeine tablets are likely to produce better effects when taken before a headache occurs, especially for migraines, but their dosage should be strictly controlled, generally not exceeding 6 tablets per day. Nimodipine and sibelium have relatively good effects on vascular headaches such as migraine, cluster headache, and hypertensive headache.

The above-mentioned medicines all have different degrees of relief and therapeutic effects on headaches, but generally they should be taken under the guidance of a doctor.

4 What to do if you have a headache

I often have headaches, especially when I sit in front of the computer for a long time. Sometimes I feel a burst of pain, and it also hurts when I touch things with my hands. Occasionally, I feel better by looking outside, or I feel better after a good sleep. This kind of frequent pain affects my normal life and work, so what should we do if this happens frequently?

1. One method is head massage. Massaging the painful area with appropriate strength every day can effectively relieve the trouble caused by pain. Especially massaging the temple area is the most effective massage method.

2 Another better way is to wrap a towel around your head. This method is also very effective. When you have a headache, wrap the towel around your temples to inhibit the expansion of blood vessels and relieve the headache.

3 If you are at work or in inconvenient conditions, you can go to the supermarket to buy a bottle of green tea drink or tea, which is very effective in further relieving migraines. I wish you a speedy recovery!

5. Pain behind the head

1. Migraine: It is a unilateral headache. A small number of patients have repeated attacks on both sides or alternating left and right sides. It presents as throbbing pain behind the eye sockets or in the frontal and temporal regions (temples), which can extend to the entire head. In severe cases, patients may experience nausea or vomiting, photophobia and phonophobia, and symptoms will worsen during physical activity. Factors such as the menstrual cycle, weather changes, noise, strong light and other stimuli can all trigger migraines. There are also a few patients who suddenly develop severe headaches without obvious cause. The headaches reach their peak within a few seconds and the pain can last for hours or even days. The pain often has a throbbing sensation. Some patients experience non-pulsating dull pain, while a few patients experience tingling in the head or a pounding sensation. Pressing the artery at the site of headache, the carotid artery on the affected side, or the eyeball can relieve the headache, and the pain will return to its original state after the pressure is removed.

2. Externally induced headache: If the headache is caused by wind and cold, the pain will extend to the back and the patient will be afraid of wind and cold. If the headache is severe, the head will swell and even feel like it is splitting, and the patient will be afraid of wind and have a fever, red face and eyes, yellow urine and constipation, or a headache as if it is wrapped in something and sleepy limbs.

3. Internal injury headache: There may be headache due to hyperactivity of liver yang, such as headache, dizziness, irritability, insomnia, and loss of appetite; there may be headache with phlegm and turbidity, such as headache, swelling of the head, foaming at the mouth, and nausea; there may be headache due to blood deficiency, such as headache, dizziness, fatigue, pale complexion, palpitations and shortness of breath; there may be empty pain in the head, tinnitus, blurred vision, sore waist and weak legs; there may be headache that lasts for a long time and fixed pain like the side of a cone.

Whether it is pain in the back of the head or other headache conditions, it will affect normal life and work, and is especially detrimental to health. Therefore, if you experience pain in the back of your head, you should take it seriously immediately, adjust your lifestyle and work methods, and talk to others to relieve stress and alleviate the symptoms of pain in the back of your head. This will prevent the symptoms of the headache from worsening and causing greater harm.