Healthgrades Editorial Staff. Occipital neuralgia is a disorder in which a problem with the occipital nerve in the back of the skull causes pain between the back of the head and the scalp, as well as pain, tingling, numbness, weakness, and possible damage to the nerves and muscles in the back of the neck.
This was originally an Italian word for small areas in Italian towns, where Jews were compelled to live exclusively. The first ghetto was set up by Pope Paul IV, in Rome, in 1555.
They established over 1,000 ghettos in Poland and the Soviet Union alone. Once a ghetto had been established, people were moved into them very quickly. They could take with them only those possessions they were able to carry.