Neck stiffness/pain (patient information)
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What is neck stiffness/pain?
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: Pain often occurs after activities such as in reading neapaper, watching TV, using computer.
- Muscle strain and tenderness
- 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
How to know you have neck stiffness/pain?
When to seek urgent medical care?
Treatment options
Diseases with similar symptoms
Where to find medical care for neck stiffness/pain?
Directions to Hospitals Treating neck stiffness/pain
Prevention of neck stiffness/pain
What to expect (Outlook/Prognosis)?
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