At the most basic level, what mechanism is makes your head hurt?
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The mechanism behind the headache called occipital neuralgia is known – compression of either the greater occipital, lesser occipital, or third occipital nerve (there is one of each on each side), in the back of your head and neck, produces the same pain as other nerve compressions do. This is a sub-type of headache.
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