Xylocaine Nerve Restart (Block) of One or More Nerves of the Scalp is a Specific and Ideal Treatment of Most Severe and Chronic Tension Type Headaches

Abstract

The excellent therapeutic effect is reflected by long lasting and complete pain relief of xylocaine alone or preferably in combination with methyl prednisolone (Depo‐Medrol) in more than 100 cases of chronic tension headache. Which explains our belief regarding the pathophysiological mechanism of tension headache, which is an increased sensitivity of one or more of the sensory nerves of the scalp to noxious or even non‐noxious stimuli, so the sensory nerve(s) become vulnerable to any stimulus which simply results in functional disturbances of the nerve(s) which leads to exaggerated response to triggering factors, such as: stress & cold.