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The pain may also be a sign of a condition like occipital neuralgia, which is nerve-related pain. Medications, lifestyle changes, and, in some cases, surgeries can treat this type of pain.

According to the NHS and Cancer Research UK, it may cause symptoms such as: Headaches Headaches are ... temporal and occipital). The frontal lobe controls movement and impacts personality.

The following is a summary of “Evaluation of the effectiveness of greater occipital nerve blockade in menstrual migraine,” published ... using Visual Analog Scale (VAS), Headache Impact Test-6 (HIT-6) ...