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  2. Why Does My Neck Always Hurt? 5 Causes to Explain the Pain - AOL

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    Neck pain causes can be anything from sleeping in an uncomfortable position to serious neurological concerns. Experts explain causes, diagnosis, and treatments.

  3. Neck pain - Wikipedia

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    Since there is not a universally accepted classification for neck pain, it is difficult to study the different neck pain types. While neck pain is the second most common cause of disability and cost $100 billion [2], the NIH budgets only $10 million to the study of neck pain [3]. One of the most common neck pains is between the neck and the ...

  4. Neck-tongue syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Neck-tongue syndrome (NTS), which was first recorded in 1980, [1] is a rare disorder characterized by neck pain with or without tingling and numbness of the tongue on the same side as the neck pain. [2] Sharp lateral movement of the head triggers the pain, usually lasting from a few seconds to a few minutes. Headaches may occur with the onset ...

  5. Eagle syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Eagle syndrome (also termed stylohyoid syndrome, [1] styloid syndrome, [2] stylalgia, [3] styloid-stylohyoid syndrome, [2] or styloid–carotid artery syndrome) [4] is an uncommon condition commonly characterized but not limited to sudden, sharp nerve-like pain in the jaw bone and joint, back of the throat, and base of the tongue, triggered by swallowing, moving the jaw, or turning the neck. [1]

  6. Cervical spine disorder - Wikipedia

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    It results in occipital pain and myelopathy. [5] Occipito-cervical junction This disorder may result from rheumatoid arthritis, causing the hypermobility of the connection between the neck and head, resulting in paralysis or pain. [6] Cerebrovascular disease Cerebrovascular disease is a type of cervical spine disorder that can cause tetraplegia ...

  7. Meningitis - Wikipedia

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    In a person with a positive Kernig's sign, pain limits passive extension of the knee. A positive Brudzinski's sign occurs when flexion of the neck causes involuntary flexion of the knee and hip. Although Kernig's sign and Brudzinski's sign are both commonly used to screen for meningitis, the sensitivity of these tests is limited.

  8. Doctors warn that pain in the neck due to cell phone use is ...

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    "Text neck is where people are hunched over looking at their electronic devices, hours at a time, really putting an extreme load on the spine," said Dr. Erik Shaw, Sheperd Pain Institute in ...

  9. Neck stiffness - Wikipedia

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    A violently ill patient with neck stiffness during the Texas meningitis epidemic of 1911 and 1912. Neck stiffness, stiff neck and nuchal rigidity are terms often used interchangeably to describe the medical condition when one experiences discomfort or pain when trying to turn, move, or flex the neck.