What causes pain on both sides of the back of the head

The first cause is probably tension headache. The prevalence of tension headache is very high. Many patients present with pain discomfort in the back of the occipital region. There is a feeling of pressure or tightness. The cause of tension headache is related to prolonged contraction of muscle fascia, ischemia and hypoxia. Long-term contraction of muscle fascia will cause the release of some inflammatory mediators, thus showing tension headache. The nature of pain is not very severe, usually dull pain. The second reason, pay attention to whether there is occipital nerve pain, such as greater occipital nerve pain, lesser occipital nerve pain can also show pain in the posterior occipital region, can give the patient local massage, physical therapy, relaxation, can also be treated with drugs. The third reason, if suddenly show severe pain, pay attention to subarachnoid hemorrhage. Subarachnoid hemorrhage is will show pain in the posterior occipital region.