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What Causes Sporadic Neck Pain And Severe Headache While Waking Up?
Question: Hello doctor,
Almost once every fortnight, when I wake in the morning mainly after deep sleep, there is a neck pain and the covers upto sever headache. Whole the day I will twist or jerk my head upto neck to get relief from the pain. The pain is acute. I go for self medication like Saridon or a pain killer which I know is not appropriate. This is going on for several year. Kindly reply.
Almost once every fortnight, when I wake in the morning mainly after deep sleep, there is a neck pain and the covers upto sever headache. Whole the day I will twist or jerk my head upto neck to get relief from the pain. The pain is acute. I go for self medication like Saridon or a pain killer which I know is not appropriate. This is going on for several year. Kindly reply.
Brief Answer:
Tell a few details:
Detailed Answer:
Hi XXXX,
Thanks for being on healthcaremagic.com.
I am Dr.Ajay Panwar,a neurologist,here to answer your query.
I would surely address your concerns at my best but I need to know a few details beforehand-
1)What is the frequency of this pain-daily,every alternate day--like that?
2)Does it increase on mental stress?Is it associated with stress?
3)Is it associated with nausea?
4)Does it increase on exposure to sound or bright light?
Please follow up with details so that I can answer it well.
Regards
Dr.Ajay Panwar,
MD,DM(Neurology)
Tell a few details:
Detailed Answer:
Hi XXXX,
Thanks for being on healthcaremagic.com.
I am Dr.Ajay Panwar,a neurologist,here to answer your query.
I would surely address your concerns at my best but I need to know a few details beforehand-
1)What is the frequency of this pain-daily,every alternate day--like that?
2)Does it increase on mental stress?Is it associated with stress?
3)Is it associated with nausea?
4)Does it increase on exposure to sound or bright light?
Please follow up with details so that I can answer it well.
Regards
Dr.Ajay Panwar,
MD,DM(Neurology)
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Brief Answer:
Neurological examination during the event.
Detailed Answer:
Hi XXXX,
Thanks for being in follow-up and providing further details.
Your clinical history so far does not appear to be leading to a specific diagnosis.I would like to ask one more question specifically-
Does this pain starts from head or neck?(It appears from your details that it starts from neck).
Secondly,is it more severe in head or neck,whenever it occurs?
In other words,what do you think-it is mainly a problem of head or neck?or starting from head and extending to neck or vice versa?
Regards
Dr.Ajay Panwar,
MD,DM(Neurology)
Neurological examination during the event.
Detailed Answer:
Hi XXXX,
Thanks for being in follow-up and providing further details.
Your clinical history so far does not appear to be leading to a specific diagnosis.I would like to ask one more question specifically-
Does this pain starts from head or neck?(It appears from your details that it starts from neck).
Secondly,is it more severe in head or neck,whenever it occurs?
In other words,what do you think-it is mainly a problem of head or neck?or starting from head and extending to neck or vice versa?
Regards
Dr.Ajay Panwar,
MD,DM(Neurology)
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Hi sir,
Pain originates from neck. It does not originate from the head. However, Pain extends up to the head. It is felt that pain has travelled from the neck to head from the nerves on the backside of skull. Sir, I have tried to explain in layman language. It is more severe in head even then I feel that the root of pain is in the neck. Therefore I tend to twist my neck again and again in order to seek relief from pain. I think the main problem is with neck. It usually happens when I wake up in the morning.
Pain originates from neck. It does not originate from the head. However, Pain extends up to the head. It is felt that pain has travelled from the neck to head from the nerves on the backside of skull. Sir, I have tried to explain in layman language. It is more severe in head even then I feel that the root of pain is in the neck. Therefore I tend to twist my neck again and again in order to seek relief from pain. I think the main problem is with neck. It usually happens when I wake up in the morning.
Brief Answer:
Cervical X-ray/Mental relaxation exercises
Detailed Answer:
Hi XXXX,
Thanks for being in follow-up and providing further details.
Your clinical history,though,does not appear to be indicative of a specific diagnosis.However,closest differentials can be-
1)Migraine variant
2)Tension type headache(TTH)-it may be there even when a person says that he does not have mental tension because it is related to tension in the muscles and not mental tension.
3)Degenerative spine disease(cervical spondylosis)
I suggest you to get a cervical spine X-Ray done to look for any spondylotic changes.
At the same time,you should start doing regular mental relaxation exercises like meditation or yoga.It should bring improvement soon.
Hope that I have answered your query.If you have some further questions,I shall be glad to have you in follow-up else please close the thread,rate it and write a review.
If that's for the day,please get back to me with your future clinical developments.
You can also put up a query directly to me on my HCM address-
http://doctor.healthcaremagic.com/Funnel?page=askDoctorDirectly&docId=69273
Regards
Dr.Ajay Panwar,
MD,DM(Neurology)
Cervical X-ray/Mental relaxation exercises
Detailed Answer:
Hi XXXX,
Thanks for being in follow-up and providing further details.
Your clinical history,though,does not appear to be indicative of a specific diagnosis.However,closest differentials can be-
1)Migraine variant
2)Tension type headache(TTH)-it may be there even when a person says that he does not have mental tension because it is related to tension in the muscles and not mental tension.
3)Degenerative spine disease(cervical spondylosis)
I suggest you to get a cervical spine X-Ray done to look for any spondylotic changes.
At the same time,you should start doing regular mental relaxation exercises like meditation or yoga.It should bring improvement soon.
Hope that I have answered your query.If you have some further questions,I shall be glad to have you in follow-up else please close the thread,rate it and write a review.
If that's for the day,please get back to me with your future clinical developments.
You can also put up a query directly to me on my HCM address-
http://doctor.healthcaremagic.com/Funnel?page=askDoctorDirectly&docId=69273
Regards
Dr.Ajay Panwar,
MD,DM(Neurology)
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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