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Can nerve damage cause headaches?

I am a 24 year old male. I want to know if nerve damage can cause headaches?

2 Answers

Pain in the head can be due to many causes. Trauma causes nerve damage and headache. Infection damages nerves and can cause headache. Tooth pain and/or infection can damage nerves and cause head pain. Sinus disease can damage nerve and cause head pain. For comparison, carpal tunnel syndrome causes median nerve damage but not head pain.Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device
It can. Due to nerve roots of the cervical spine being pinched, it can cause headaches to the back and posterior lateral aspects of the head. Commonly known as Cervical Neuralgia.