3. Osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis is an incurable condition where the bones degrade at a rate much faster than the body can repair the damage. Whilst the condition is most common in older women, it can affect absolutely anyone at any time in their life.
As you might’ve guessed from its inclusion in this list, osteoarthritis can also bring with it an increased risk of a person developing certain medical conditions, and occipital neuralgia is just one of those conditions. When managing the symptoms of this condition, a person could do a lot worse than observing the measures they probably already take for their management of osteoarthritis.
These measures may include trying to be as active as the joints will allow and managing the pain. Both of these strategies will help a person to cope with the effects of occipital neuralgia and so it is almost useful to know that the cause of the condition is osteoarthritis, rather than something to be sad about or to dwell on.