Hello! I work as a doctor for 21 years. My name is George O. Sapego. This article will tell something useful about cervicogenic headache and explain how you take for a ride by slipping false information on this topic.
Sometimes during the headache is still a sore neck. We have long guessed that the neck somehow can trigger a headache. It was called cervicogenic (ie neck) headache. Still do not understand exactly how to get such a headache.
Suspect that the pain may spread to the head, when the stiff joints of the upper cervical vertebrae.
Three spinal nerve, which first pushed to the level of the neck, can participate in the transmission of pain in the head up.
For the first time on cervicogenic headache started talking in 1983. Since then called cervicogenic pain on one side of the head, which extends in the back and forth. People with such pain trying not to turn his neck. The pain may spread to the shoulder and arm.
There are other unilateral headaches, so do not always work out their differences.
No X-rays and tomography do not help diagnose such pain. Usually the doctor is limited to questions.
Sometimes a neurologist for diagnosis makes the injection of a local anesthetic (like novocaine) into the joints between the cervical vertebrae. If everything goes right, then this is it. It rarely does, and it is not necessary.
Most often the diagnosis is made after feeling a sore point in the neck and the conversation with the patient. What conclusion - more talk to your neurologist. Because sometimes the other way to make a diagnosis no. Do not self-medicate and do not invent themselves diagnoses. Ask for it with your doctor.
Again: diagnosis of cervicogenic headache put if:
- head starts to hurt when twirl neck;
- Neck has oddly tilted;
- painful neck muscles feel on this side;
- neck turns bad in the affected side;
- He gives pain in the shoulder and arm.
Another important - this pain is not throbbing or shooting.
now lies
The entire paragraph below - this is a lie:
Headache from the neck is because of the lack of oxygen due to atherosclerosis in the carotid arteries and clamping something vertebral arteries. This headache is accompanied by disturbances of memory and attention.
The entire paragraph above - it is a lie.
In fact, sometimes cervicogenic headache from the vertebral arteries and the carotid arteries. But it is not in atherosclerosis and pinched. From atherosclerosis head does not hurt. so it hurts artery dissection. Dissection - a bundle of arteries.
Many have heard that in the aorta aneurysm is. This is when blood rips interior of aortic wall from its middle part. It hurt a lot, and you can die. The carotid and vertebral arteries is something similar.
After some small neck injury suddenly there is severe pain. Braided artery nerves and hurt badly when they are torn. The pain of peeling the carotid and vertebral arteries in the head gives.
After this memory will suffer. There will be a stroke, in which part of the brain stops working. This is another reason not to try themselves to cope with a headache, and contact the doctor.
Another important point: the dissection of the arteries in the neck sometimes after minor injury during manual therapy and different chiropractic. Especially in view of the short movement pulled down. Funny, that's the way sometimes and try to treat cervicogenic headache. It turns out that instead of relief, you can get a stroke. Do not do that!
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