Has anyone experienced pressure in the back of the head when laughing hard? This may sound funny, but it is disturbing and I want to know if there could be a problem (or should I stop laughing???) and what can be done about this. I also have a pain in my left ear. Could this be related?

I have been trying to determine the cause of pain and pressure in the back of my head, ears and neck for quite some time. An ent, ear, nose and throat specialist thinks I have tmj and should see a dentist who specializes in it. I made an appointment . . . You might want to look into it as a possible cause of your pain. Good luck!

Hi I also have a lot of pressure and pain in the back of my head. I found out 2 years ago I have ms. I guess my lessions are located in the back. I still question if the lessions are related to migrains ( I have had them 15 years) have you had an mri lately?

My twin sister and I both experience this (we have called them "laugh bumps" since we were little girls. We have no idea what causes it but it always happens when we laugh to hard. Since we've gotten older..Now it happens when I blow dry my hair. Please let me know if you get any information.
Thanks!

i am having the identical pain. Please tell me what you've found out. I am 31 years old and this has been going on for a while now. The soreness isn't going away now. It's on the left back side of my head and feels like my head is going to blow if I laugh too hard, or hold my breath. I have a numbness in my left ear and temple area. Can you help?

I also suffer from sudden onset headaches when laughing hard and get swollen bumps at the base of my head on both sides behind the ears, just like terrihawk described. I found information indicating it could be a cervicogenic headache. Read the info below from netwellness.org for detailed information (this is the link:www.netwellness.org/question.cfm/4490 2.htm ):

Question:
I am not sure if I am in the right place, but I need an answer. Earlier this evening I was playing with my cats. They were making me laugh. The harder I laughed the more the back of my head hurt. And it hurt BAD.. I had to stop myself from laughing because it felt like the back of my head was going to literally explode. After I settled down and stopped laughing, the pain went away.. what on earth could cause such a thing? The best way I can explain the location of the pain is to put my hands over my ears and touch finger tip to finger tip, probably about where the spinal cord ends. The pain is very deep.

Answer:
Pain in the back of the head is often referred to as a cervicogenic (meaning: from the neck) headache because it often originates from an irritation in the upper cervical (neck) spine. This is because the nerves that supply the back of the head originate in the upper cervical spine. It is seen most commonly in patients with whiplash injury and in patients with marked arthritis of the upper cervical spine. Usually this kind of pain is worse with prolonged sitting in a stooped posture as when working on a keyboard for long hours.

The fact that you have had the pain with laughing is unusual but can be explained. When we laugh, we activate a lot of our muscles in the face, and we may extend our neck depending on the position. Neck extension sometimes may cause worsening of the pain in patients with cervicogenic headache.

On the other hand, there are patients who experience a lot of pain in their faces when they laugh. They usually have a condition called trigeminal neuralgia (also known as tic douleureux) that is due to irritation of the fifth cranial nerve (also known as the trigeminal nerve). Interestingly, the trigeminal nerve fibers in their path from the face to the brain stem, "dip" into the upper cervical spine, in the same area where the nerve fibers that supply the back of the head travel. These may be the reason why you had pain when you were laughing. Fortunately, it only happened once and you may not need to do anything about it at this point in time. However, if it recurs, you may need to see a neurologist for diagnostic workup.

I hope this helps you

Check it out...You may have Chiari Malformation 1. It is usually misdiagnosed and the MRI must be takes of the Base of the skull, so many MRIs miss it. A neurologist is the only dr. that may know of this neurological condition. I was diagnosed after many visits to doctors. This disorder is associated with compromised decreased CSF flow. This is treatable but not curable.

I have a question related to the headache but not the nosebleed. My husband and I went out to dinner and I had a margarita. And I thought the margarita was too strong for me. The next day when I woke up there's a shhoting pain in a small part of my head and I was thinking that's because of the margarita, because I don't drink but I had one glass. The back of my head (right part) is hurting now for three days and my nose bled for 2 consecutive days (once a day). The pain is not bad but you can tell it's there What scares me is my head is hurting with nose bleeding. Is this really the side effect of the margarita. Please help.