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Hello doctor,
I am having symptoms like occipital neuralgia. How do doctors diagnose occipital neuralgia? Thanks for the advice doctor.
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Answered by Master, Doctor Nguyen Thanh Nam - Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Vinmec Danang International General Hospital.
Hello,
With the question “How to diagnose occipital neuralgia? ", the doctor answered as follows:
If you have signs of occipital neuralgia, you should see a neurologist first so that the doctor can examine it carefully, and then can advise you to take a cranial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan to remove it. Exclude intracranial organic causes as well as other headache causes (eg, vasomotor headache).
Alternatively, the doctor may prescribe occipital nerve block to help confirm the diagnosis. In the Vinmec system with the most modern 3 Tesla magnetic resonance machine system, brain MRI is conducted quite quickly (about 15-30 minutes).
If you still have questions about the diagnosis of occipital neuralgia, you can go to a hospital of Vinmec Health System for an examination. Thank you for trusting and sending questions to Vinmec. Wishing you lots of health.
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