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Could pinching pain on scalp be due to anxiety? let's say after person is stressed or flustered , then a pinching pain in scalp comes & goes

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Pinched nerve neck: The symptoms you describe are consistent with a pinched or irriated nerve in the neck region (such as the greater occipital nerve, lesser occiptial nerve, greater auricular nerve, C1, C2 etc.). I am not sure where on the scalp the pain is, but each nerve has a specific distribution on the scalp.

Dr Madrigal-segura agreed

Answered 6/22/2015

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