Pain in the neck

Pain in the neck: Introduction

Pain in the neck: common problem in majority of the population, occurs due to muscular tightness in the neck as well as the upper back. See detailed information below for a list of 27 causes of Pain in the neck, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Home Diagnostic Testing and Pain in the neck

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Pain in the neck Treatments

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Stories from Users for Pain in the neck

Real-life user stories relating to Pain in the neck:

• Pains in Sinusitis and Neuralgia Trigeminal because of the neck!
• Frustrating neck pain, hurts a lot, nothing helps
• neck pain/headaches/fatigue
• pain at base of neck
• Non-painful lumps on neck
• Please help with neck pain...
• Neck pain, tingling and numbness
• Neck pain
• Neck pain associated with nodules?
• Neck pain –diagnose me
• Neck pain/dizziness
• neck pain, jaw pain
• shooulder pain,neck pain,arm pain!!!
• Strange neck pain
• severe pain in neck
• Pain in the neck
• Chronic neck, shoulder, scapular pain. Please help!!!
• What a pain in the neck. Litterally...Help Please.
• I need help..neck pain
• shoulder and neck pain

Pain in the neck: Animations

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Causes of General Symptom Types

Research the causes of these more general types of symptom:

• Pain symptoms (6458 causes)
• Sensory symptoms (7134 causes)
• Nerve symptoms (9132 causes)
• Neurological symptoms (9575 causes)
• Neck symptoms (833 causes)
• Sensations (6520 causes)
• Brain symptoms (2787 causes)
• Common symptoms (8589 causes)
• Body symptoms (5672 causes)
• Head symptoms (10192 causes)
• more symptoms...»

Research the causes of this symptom in broader categories:

• Pain (6458 causes)
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Research the causes of related medical symptoms such as:

• Pain (6458 causes)
• Pain symptoms (6458 causes)
• Pain disorder
• Pain syndrome
• Neck
• Neck symptoms (833 causes)
• Neck disease
• Neck disorder
• Neck pain (148 causes)
• more symptoms...»

Causes of Similar Symptoms to Pain in the neck

Research the causes of these symptoms that are similar to, or related to, the symptom Pain in the neck:

• Degenerative disc disease
• Neck strain
• Whiplash
• A herniated disc or a pinched nerve
• Numbness (497 causes)
• Tingling (951 causes)
• Tenderness (18 causes)
• Sharp shooting pain
• Fullness (19 causes)
• Difficulty swallowing (702 causes)
• Pulsations
• Swishing sounds in the head
• Dizziness (1357 causes)
• Lightheadedness (1357 causes)
• Gland swelling (451 causes)
• more symptoms...»

Misdiagnosis and Pain in the neck

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Pain in the neck: Research Related Doctors & Specialists

• Nerve Specialists:
  • Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine
  • Neurology (Brain/CNS Specialists)
  • Pediatric Neurology (Child Brain Specialist)
  • Spinal Cord Injury Medicine
• Neck Health Specialists:
  • Plastic Surgery within the Head & Neck
• Pain Specialists:
  • Pain Medicine
  • Rheumatology (Arthritis / Joint Pain)
• Arthritis & Joint Health Specialists (Rheumatology):
  • Rheumatology (Joint Health)
  • Pediatric Rheumatology (Child Joint Health)
• more specialists...»

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Pain in the neck: Undiagnosed Conditions

Conditions that are commonly undiagnosed in related areas may include:

• Nerve Disorders: serious diseases commonly undiagnosed:
  • Diabetic Neuropathy -- Undiagnosed
  • Peripheral Neuropathy -- Undiagnosed
  • Multiple Sclerosis -- Undiagnosed
  • more ...»
• Chronic Pain Disorders -- serious medical disorders that may be undiagnosed:
  • Fibromyalgia -- Undiagnosed
  • Arthritis -- Undiagnosed
  • Chronic Pain Syndromes -- Undiagnosed
  • Migraine -- Undiagnosed
• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Detailed list of causes of Pain in the neck

The list below shows some of the causes of Pain in the neck mentioned in various sources:

• Car accidents
• Cervical lymphadenitis
• Cold abcess
• Degenerative arthritis
• Eagle syndrome
• Lymphadenitis
• Minor injuries and falls
• Myocardial ischaemia
• more causes...»

See full list of 27 causes of Pain in the neck

How Common are these Causes of Pain in the neck?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Pain in the neck. Of the 27 causes of Pain in the neck that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

• 2 causes are "very common" diseases
• 1 causes are "common" diseases
• 0 causes are "uncommon" diseases
• 0 causes are "rare" diseases
• 2 causes are "very rare" diseases
• 25 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 27 causes of Pain in the neck

Conditions listing medical symptoms: Pain in the neck:

The following list of conditions have 'Pain in the neck' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

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Causes of Pain in the neck Based on Risk Factors

This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Pain in the neck based on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient:

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