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Suggest Remedies For Painful Neck And Shoulders While Having RA And Fibromyalgia

Good afternoon! First, I should say I have RA & Fybromyalgia. Lately, my shoulders & neck are being very annoying!! Left side of neck worse with a weird squiggly shadowy thing in left eye x4-5 days. What the heck is going on???? Added: VERY sad!! Did not know service cost money... I am disabled and on Social Security. Unfortunately, I cannot afford to pay. Was really hoping for some help... Thank you, anyway. Have a nice evening!
Fri, 19 Jul 2019
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Hi,

Any kind of neck pain that radiates to the back of the head most probably results from an inflammed nerve in the neck region (neuritis) or muscle (muscular tendinitis).

This may occur due to using a pillow below the neck while sleeping or working in front of the system for prolonged periods of time.

You can use a cervical collar surely for this. It has to be used during the working hours and removed intermittently (remove for 10 minutes every hourly). Stretching exercises of the neck in these 10 minutes can help.

Take anti-inflammatory and methylcobalamin/pregabalin tablets. Applying local analgesic gel followed by hot fomentation will be helpful.

These measures should definitely help you.

If it doesn't help, then you should get a recent MRI done again to rule out a slipped disc in the cervical vertebra.

Considering the history of migraine that you have, the symptoms at present are not classical of a migraine attack.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Dr. Ivan R. Rommstein, General Surgeon
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Suggest Remedies For Painful Neck And Shoulders While Having RA And Fibromyalgia

Hi, Any kind of neck pain that radiates to the back of the head most probably results from an inflammed nerve in the neck region (neuritis) or muscle (muscular tendinitis). This may occur due to using a pillow below the neck while sleeping or working in front of the system for prolonged periods of time. You can use a cervical collar surely for this. It has to be used during the working hours and removed intermittently (remove for 10 minutes every hourly). Stretching exercises of the neck in these 10 minutes can help. Take anti-inflammatory and methylcobalamin/pregabalin tablets. Applying local analgesic gel followed by hot fomentation will be helpful. These measures should definitely help you. If it doesn t help, then you should get a recent MRI done again to rule out a slipped disc in the cervical vertebra. Considering the history of migraine that you have, the symptoms at present are not classical of a migraine attack. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Ivan R. Rommstein, General Surgeon