Can Stiff Neck Be A Symptom Of Heart Disease?

Posted on Sat, 30 May 2015

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Question : Can stiff neck be a symptom of heart diseise

Answered by Dr. Dr.Albana Sejdini Greca (27 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Rarely occurring... ECG/echocardiogram to rule out heart disease...

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

Stiff neck is involving the muscles located in the cervical area of spinal cord.
Most common causes include:
- muscle strain
- osteoarthrosis

Heart disease is mostly associated with pain in the chest or back or numbness in the arm.

If pain killers used orally and locally together with heating pads and massage are helping, then, the stiff neck is due to non-cardiac issues.

However, I advise to run ECG and echocardiogram to rule out any possible heart disease.

Wish fast recovery!
Dr.Albana

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar