<Li> Pain when moving the neck </Li> <Li> Difficulty with balance and coordination </Li> <Li> Nausea and / or vomiting </Li> <P> Occipital neuralgia is caused by damage to the occipital nerves, which can arise from trauma (usually concussive), physical stress on the nerve, repetitive neck contraction, flexion or extension, or as a result of medical complications (such as osteochondroma, a benign bone tumour). A rare cause is a cerebrospinal fluid leak . Another is radio frequency nerve ablation . Rarely, occipital neuralgia may be a symptom of metastasis of certain cancers to the spine . Among other cranial neuropathies, occipital neuralgia is also known to occur in patients with multiple sclerosis . Hodgkins and other cancer survivors who have had radiation treatment to the neck also can develop this, sometimes many years later . </P>

Sharp pain in left side of head above eye