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Occipital neuralgia

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Occipital neuralgia
Pain on one side of the back of the head caused by entrapment or pinching of an occipital nerve.
Mentioned in: Neuralgia


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Three weeks earlier, she had been treated at another institution with therapeutic injections of hydromorphone and ketorolac for what was thought to be occipital neuralgia and muscle pain.
Occipital neuralgia often causes spasms of pain to the back or the front and sides of the head and usually occurs after a spinal injury, such as whiplash.
Although previous studies have assessed ONS for the treatment of migraine and other headaches, as well as for occipital neuralgia, these have mostly been retrospective analyses, case series, or uncontrolled trials, he noted.
 
 
 
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