osteoarthritis neck head

I have tenderness in the back of my neck and head. It hurts to lay on the back of my head at times. I also have tenderness going up toward my ears. It hurts to raise up my arms because my shoulders give out.

The pain is due to irritation or injury of nerves, pinching of nerves by tight neck muscles, compression of nerves as it leaves the spine secondary to osteoarthritis or tumors in the neck. Local inflammation or infection, gout, diabetes etc. you need to consult a neurologist who will do a detailed neurological examination, X-ray upper spine, eliciting tenderness over affected nerve, relief from pain after an anesthetic block will be needed to confirm diagnosis.

i'm 52 , a couple month ago my neck and my head just started to poo , crack , very discomfort , is there a name for this ? should i worry or tell my doctor ?

I am not a doctor but have disk degeneration in my neck and what can cause thumbs to lock, feel pin prick pain etc, is your c6 and c7 area in your neck causing you issues. With your head on that slight angle looking down, I would think it is more of a referred pain. If it was repetitive injury, then why didn't it take the other thumb long to play up. It's more likely disc inflammation in your neck at those levels because your head is now being held on both sides for long periods.

Eventually I got the pressure on the other side of my neck as well. I can sometimes hear cracking noise inside my head from this and a noise that almost feels like I have fluid in my neck or head. While its not painful, it is extremely uncomfortable and embarrassing because I have to constantly move my head. But it hasn't stopped, eventually I started getting pain in one of my jaws and then the other so now I feel like I have to constantly move my facial muscles.

I have osteoarthritis in my neck moderate and mild in lower back. Can and adjusment help? will they even do an adjustment me? i seem to be losing sensativity in my legs but dont know if iy du to oa in back nad neck.any help would be great. thank you.

Thanks for your interest....at least I am functioning and can work. Pain in left side of neck and up into base of head is starting to get bad again. I may see if I can get some accupuncture again to tide me over. Everytime I looked at the 'ask a doctor' section of this web site, it always says no more questions. I wonder if they have just stopped using that portion......oh well.

I could not turn my head to the left without pain. I started to massage my neck while i was looking up. I noticed i press something which didn’t feel Right and after that i Got crunchy and grinding Sound in my neck it’s feel like bone grinding ( only When i am standing) .I never had any noise before and now i have stiff neck everyday especially in the mornings. I am 29 and i am really worry If it is begining of osteoarthritis and the long term consequnses.

I've had mri's of my spine and shows osteoarthritis with bone spurs in cervical thoracic and lumbar. This was done in 2007 (i was 35), now i have this horrible tendonitis in both wrists and i'm on prednisone. Could this be related to the arthritis? i'm seeing an ortho but he doesn't know about the osteoarthritis (i was just rereading my reports and it jumped out at me). What should i expect with this diagnosis?

Occipital neuralgia is a distinct type of headache characterized by piercing, throbbing, or electric-shock-like chronic pain in the upper neck, back of the head, and behind the ears, usually on one side of the head. Typically, the pain of occipital neuralgia begins in the neck and then spreads upwards. Some individuals will also experience pain in the scalp, forehead, and behind the eyes. Their scalp may also be tender to the touch, and their eyes especially sensitive to light.

Hi everyone I am a middle-aged male with a history of cervical arthritis at C-4/C-5, a bone spur, nerve impingement and various other issues having to do with my neck. I think there may be some disk involvement as well (ie; some disintegration). I think they call this "Osteoarthritis". I have been diagnosed, had many head/neck scans and even that test where they shock you and your arms are jumping around all over the place (nerve conductivity test?).

s put the head aches and neck aches down to the fibro. I was then sent to a neurologist whom after giving me Bilateral Nerve block in my head and face x 3 agreed with me to have an MRI Scan, below were the results, I have posted the MRI scan for head on the brain forum, the scan revealed a Bulky Pituitary...a further MRI was done on this particular area but doctors have no idea why it is like that...

I, too, get terrible, awful headaches. They start at the base of my neck and move up the back of my head. The only thing that touches it is 1000mg of Advil every 4 hours. I had an MRI and was told I have stenosis, Degenerative disc disease, osteoarthritis, blah, blah, blah. What the headache is from is the occipital nerve being pinched. Surgery is an option, but relief comes from anti-inflammatories like Advil.

My husband keeps getting recurrent pain in his neck. He has had to go to the ER a few times and x-rays were normal. He went to the dr. yesterday and she gave him Flexeril and Ultram but they don't seem to help the pain. Tonight I put hot, wet washrags (making them hotter slowly) and after waiting about 15 minutes, rubbed ben-gay on his neck and shoulder muscles. He says 'if I could just crack my neck, I think it would feel allot better'.

Head moving clicks neck and shoulder moving clicks shoulder. There are also times my hip clicks when I walk. no major accident ever. Very minor accident when I was a teen with no injuries. I do love adventure roller coasters, zip lining, rip cord but don't recall feeling injured after any. I was not in the military but it is umcomfortable to look up so I don't do it a lot. I can't believe that chiro told me my neck was awful and still pulled on it without xrays.

I have suffered with migraine's and osteoarthritis of my neck for years. I saw a headache specialist for this on a regular basis. If I developed a migraine that lasted for more then a week I would see the Dr., who would prescribe a 'burst' to zap the headache. We always found that my headaches would respond to Methergine. I finally decided that because my headaches were under control and the triggers were identified ( inflammation and strain from neck ), I could turn my med.

And I also get nausea sometimes from it. Also in addition to your head/neck pain, you may well also have a sinus problem from the other symptoms. If it is a sinus infection, that can be treated with antibiotics. I would see a doctor about all of your symptoms. There are many, many treatments for headaches/migraines. If you have any comments or questions after you see a doctor, be sure to post back. Hope this will help you.

As your blood tests for autoimmune disorders have come back negative and you are feeling dizzy when looking down and looking up, have you had your neck x-rayed? Osteoarthritis in the neck can cause these symptoms. Have you been involved in a car accident and suffered with whiplash at some point? Osteoarthritis is a degeneration of the bones and cartilage and this happens slowly over time and also if you have had any injuries.

It starts from right side of my neck and ends at toe. i also have pain in right hand . in starting it was in last three fingers now its in thumb. i feel pain starting from neck and to right arm, back, leg. sometime i feel numbness in right side of my head. this pain is deadly. and there is something like swelling at various part of body like neck,shoulder , back, leg, foot also. i was gone through TB treatment and Hepatitis-B treatment but now its more then one year..

Basically what are doctors able to see and what are they looking for when trying to diagnose using these imaging machines on particular areas (Head and Neck). I came in to the ER with neck pain and dizziness and I'm still suffering from it because they were not able to make a clear diagnosis. Do these imaging tests show major problems like meningitis, or blood vessel abnormalities?

im having neck pain...my arm hurts. and my hand is tingling. my neck hurts when i move it.... and it makes a cracking sound when try to move it. What is going on?

I have some of these symptoms too. I have always been saying that my head hurts , but not just in my head , but around the neck . I did not know how to explain it though.. It hurts really bad when I move around while standing , sitting, or laying down..

Dx’d sacroiliitis. Neck has started hurting when I turn my head or try to hold my head up straight. Hard to sleep due to discomfort. My last imaging was just a year ago, since then my neck has started cracking nearly every time I move my head. Also have chronically low Vitamin D (with normal calcium levels around 9.7) - everyone seems to have low Vitamin D. I guess my question is why, at a relatively young age, would I have developed so many diseases of aging?

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