Any beginnings and plans can be quickly upset if the head is very sore. This symptom is familiar to most women, especially when changing weather, after a hard day at work or emotional stress. Pulsating pain in the nape - a characteristic sign of several diseases of the cardiovascular, nervous and musculoskeletal system. To combat it, a complex therapy is needed that corresponds to the diagnosis.
Causes of pulsating pain in the occiput to the right or left
One-sided pain syndrome in the area in question usually indicates neurological disorders. They can be caused by both infectious diseases and pathologies of the spine. Such ailments include:
- neuralgia of the great occipital nerve;
- the Barre-Liège syndrome (cervical migraine);
- cardiopsychoneurosis;
- postcoital pain.
The latter mentioned disease is rare and characterized by the appearance of unpleasant sensations in the nape after intimate proximity.
Also described symptom provoke less dangerous conditions:
- cold or SARS;
- wrong position of the head during a night's sleep;
- overwork;
- insomnia;
- supercooling;
- stress;
- long stay in one position;
- change in weather conditions;
- electromagnetic storms;
- change of climate or time zone;
- adding to the diet of exotic, unusual dishes.
Why there is a strong throbbing pain in the back of the head?
An intensive pain syndrome, covering the entire posterior part of the head, can occur for the following reasons:
- benign and malignant brain tumors;
- hypertonic disease;
- imbalance of hormones;
- an overdose of certain medicines;
- dystonia of cranial vessels in hypotonic form;
- stroke;
- meningitis ;
- craniocerebral trauma;
- vegetative disorders;
- syndrome of irritation of the sympathetic bundle of the vertebral artery;
- malocclusion;
- spasms of cerebral vessels.
If pulsating pain in the nape occurs during exercise
Normal state of health in the state of rest and the appearance of acute pain during movements of the head, as a rule, is associated with diseases of the musculoskeletal system and muscles:
- myositis ;
- osteochondrosis;
- spondylitis;
- myogelosis;
- tendonitis;
- spondylosis;
- osteoporosis;
- rheumatism.
It is important to remember that no matter what the cause of the pain syndrome, it can not be tolerated. Therefore, before visiting a doctor, it is desirable to stop pain with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.