An occipital nerve block is a procedure that injects steroids or anesthetics near the greater and lesser occipital nerves at the back of the head to treat chronic headaches and occipital neuralgia. A therapeutic block uses steroids to reduce inflammation, while a diagnostic block uses local anesthetic to confirm that these nerves are the source of pain and to determine whether further treatment, such as occipital nerve decompression surgery, may help.
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Occipital nerve block is a procedure involving injection of steroids or anesthetics into regions of the greater occipital nerve and the lesser occipital nerve used to treat chronic headaches.
Occipital nerve block (Wikipedia)
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The injection will either block pain signals or reduce swelling and inflammation in these regions depending on the choice of injection.
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