Why does it hurt when pressing the forehead

Some people always feel some pain when massaging their forehead, but there are no symptoms, so they don't pay too much attention to it. In fact, this is very wrong. As long as you find that your body has an abnormal reaction, you need to go to the hospital for examination. This way you can prevent yourself from causing more sequelae in the future. This may be caused by intracranial infection.

1. Intracranial diseases

Such as intracranial infectious diseases, intracranial vascular diseases, intracranial space-occupying lesions, etc.;

2. Extracranial diseases

Such as neuralgia caused by bone diseases, temporal arteritis, headaches caused by eyes, ears, nose, and teeth, etc.;

3. Neurosis

Such as acute and chronic systemic infection, cardiovascular disease, poisoning, heat stroke, headache caused by uremia, etc.;

4. Systemic diseases

Such as neurasthenia, hysteria, etc.

1. Vascular

It is caused by high blood pressure, low blood pressure, inflammation, hot or cold stimulation, fatigue, lack of sleep, drinking, etc., and is mostly characterized by continuous swelling or throbbing pain in the entire head or local area. Because the causes of this type of headache come from blood vessels, they are collectively called vascular headaches. Headache caused by vasomotor dysfunction in the head is called primary vascular headache; headache caused by clear cerebrovascular disease (such as stroke, intracranial hematoma, cerebral vasculitis, etc.) is called secondary headache.

2. Neurological

The cause is unknown or it may be caused by nerve irritation, and it is mostly paroxysmal stabbing or shooting pain in irregular locations.

3. Muscle tension

Most of them are caused by inflammation, ischemia and strain of the neck muscles; some are induced by tension, fatigue, noisy environment, glaring light, etc. They are more common in young and middle-aged people, especially women. The main symptoms are soreness and swelling in the occipital area, shoulders and arms, centered around the neck.

4. Stress

It is caused by various reasons that lead to increased or decreased intracranial pressure, such as intracranial tumors, meningitis, cerebrospinal fluid leakage, etc. It is characterized by persistent bloating and pain, or accompanied by nausea and vomiting. Certain body positions may cause this type of headache to worsen or ease.

5. Damage

It is caused by craniocerebral trauma and may present as severe dull pain, distending pain, or throbbing pain, which may be accompanied by changes in consciousness.

6. Epileptic

It occurs before or after an epileptic seizure and may present as a full-head pain or paroxysmal throbbing, stabbing, or shooting pains, and may be accompanied by nausea and vomiting.

7. Sympathetic

It is caused by stimulation of the posterior cervical sympathetic nerves, mostly located in the occipital region, and can radiate to the surrounding areas. Symptoms are similar to vascular headaches, and may be accompanied by eye pain, tinnitus, dizziness, visual impairment, tearing, etc.

8. Diffusion

Caused by diseases of the eyes, ears, nose, trigeminal nerve and occipital nerve, such as glaucoma, refractive error, sinusitis, otitis media, mastoiditis, dental caries, alveolar abscess, cervical spine or paraspinal soft tissue diseases, etc.