Neck pain

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Neck pain?

A common cause of neck pain or stiff neck is a muscle strain or tension in the neck.
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Stiff neck or neck pain discussed here assume you are having difficulty moving the neck, especially to one side.



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Let's take a look at this neck pain.

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Neck pain

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An emergency?


Let's rule out emergency situations that involve a stiff neck before continuing.
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With this neck feeling stiff, do you also have fever or chills?
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Yes?
Let's rule out meningitis which is a medical emergency.
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Are your eyes getting very sensitive to light?
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Yes?
Hmmm. This is a sign of meningitis. But don't panic yet.
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Symptoms include:

  • Stiff neck
  • Fever and chills
  • Sensitivity to light

Let's answer a few more questions.

 

Do you have a severe headache in addition to this neck feeling stiff?
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Seek urgent care or emergency room.
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Here is why:

  • Need to rule out meningitis.

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Are you getting confused with things around you?
And your neck is stiff?
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Yes?

 

Try touching your chin to the chest.

Could you do this?
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Go to the Emergency Room.
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Here is why:

  • If you cannot touch your chin to the chest with this stiff neck and you have more of the symptoms listed below, start heading to the emergency room.

Seek urgent care

Note:
We do not advice continuing for now. You should only continue if you are not experiencing the question asked.



Symptoms of meningitis include:

  • Stiff neck
  • Fever and chills
  • Sensitivity to light
  • Severe headache
  • Getting confused
  • Inability to touch the chin to the chest.

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We have tried to rule out meningitis.
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Meningitis is a medical emergency.

If you are sure it does not apply to you, let's rule out something else before seeing what a pharmacist recommend for this neck pain.

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Neck pain

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Are you experiencing numbness or tingling in your arms or hands?

Or feeling weak?
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Seek urgent care or emergency room.
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Here is why:

  • You might be looking at a nerve issue here.

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Is the neck swollen or glands swollen with this stiff neck?
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Seek urgent care or call the doctor.
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Here is why:

  • Need to rule out infection.

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Do you have difficulty swallowing with this stiff neck?

Or difficulty breathing?
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Seek urgent care or emergency room.
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Here is why:

  • Possible infection

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You just went through neck pain situations may require urgent medical attention.
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If your answer is "No" to the questions so far, you may be looking at a neck muscle sprain or strain.

You may have slept in a bad position or twisted the neck somehow.

Let's see what a pharmacist recommend over the counter to give you relief from this neck pain.

Would you like to do that or see the nearest urgent care clinic to you?

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