Neck stiffness/pain (patient information)

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How do I know if I have neck stiffness/pain and what are the symptoms of neck stiffness/pain?

Neck stiffness/pain itself is a symptom. It can appear in many diseases.

• Pain
• Muscle stiffness and tenderness
• Pain often occurs after activities such as in reading neapaper, watching TV, using computer.
• Neck stiffness in the mornings

Who is at risk for neck stiffness/pain?

• Trauma and injury
• Degenerative changes in neck such as osteomyelitis, herniated disk
• Fibromyalgia
• Infection of the spine, such as abscess, meningitis
• Immune system diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA), ankylosing spondylitis (AS), polymyalgia rheumatica
• Neurological disease such as stroke, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis
• Cancer that involves the spine

Where to find medical care for neck stiffness/pain?

Directions to Hospitals Treating neck stiffness/pain

Copyleft Sources

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003025.htm

http://www.ecureme.com/emyhealth/data/Neck_Pain.asp

http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/diseases/facts/neckpains.htm

http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/sym/stiff_neck.htm