Occipital neuralgia is a condition in which the nerves that run from the top of the spinal cord up through the scalp, called the occipital nerves, are inflamed or injured. You might feel pain in ...

Your greater occipital nerve is responsible for most of the feeling in the back and top of your head. Irritation or inflammation of this nerve can cause headaches. People with occipital nerve ...

Doctors call the lymph nodes in the back area of the skull “occipital lymph nodes.” Swelling of these lymph nodes may occur for various reasons, such as infection and skin conditions ...

An occipital stroke affects the back of the brain and can cause an array of visual impairments. These may include the loss of a quarter or half of a person’s visual field or complete blindness.

Occipital pain is linked to migraine, but the 2 conditions are sometimes difficult to separate. A recent study carried out at one institution said that occipital nerve stimulation (ONS) via a ...

The origin of the occipital condyles of the skulls of vertebrata has not so far been elucidated. They are separate elements from the occipital arch and are ultimately superimposed on the latter ...

Occipital neuralgia is a rare type of chronic headache disorder. It occurs when pain stems from the occipital region and spreads through the occipital nerves. The occipital nerves run from the top ...