Neck pain (cervicalgia) is a pain sensation of a different nature and intensity that occurs in the cervical region. The symptom is accompanied by dizziness, numbness of the neck or arm, local redness and swelling of the skin. The neck can hurt with infectious and inflammatory diseases of this area, injuries and degenerative processes in the spine, after a long stay in a forced uncomfortable position. To determine the cause of pain in the neck, CT, MRI, ultrasound, and laboratory tests are prescribed. To stop the symptom, analgesics, NSAIDs, and physiotherapy methods are used.
Neck pain in the front is pain of varying intensity felt along the front of the neck. Local or diffuse pain occurs with injuries and inflammatory processes in the organs of the neck, pathologies of the thyroid gland, lymphadenitis and sialadenitis. To determine the cause of discomfort, ultrasound imaging, X-ray examination, radioscintigraphy, electrophysiological methods, laboratory tests, and invasive research approaches are used. To relieve acute pain syndrome, analgesics, anti-inflammatory drugs, physiotherapeutic methods are used.
Swelling of the neck occurs with infectious, endocrine, allergic, otolaryngological, dental diseases, traumatic injuries, and some somatic pathologies. It can be acute, chronic, unilateral or bilateral, localized or widespread. Sometimes it is combined with pain, local hyperemia, hyperthermia, fever, symptoms of intoxication. The cause of the swelling is established using the data of the survey, external examination, ultrasound, radiography, otolaryngological techniques, laboratory tests. Rest is recommended until the diagnosis is made.