What's with the throbbing pain in the back of my head?


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The pain in the back of the head, that is, the pain in the back occipital region, can also be called flash pain, or it can be called over-electric pain, which is a typical symptom of scalp nerve pain. The cause of scalp nerve pain has virus infection, cold, catch a cold, suffer wind and so on, when the pain first look at the skin around the pain has no long blister, if there is a herpes zoster virus infection caused, if this is the case, you need to give some anti-viral treatment, there are nutritional nerve treatment, if the pain attack is more frequent, you can also give some treatment nerve pain drugs. No blisters is a simple scalp nerve pain, generally followed by cold, the wind has a relationship, so more common in winter, summer air conditioning often will show, there is no special treatment, pay attention to keep warm can. If the pain of frequent pain attack is more severe, you can give some treatment nerve pain medicine, such as carbamazepine, pregabalin, gabapentin and other effects are good. Don't worry too much about it, because it will heal itself, that is, after a period of time, it will be able to heal itself in 1-2 weeks.