Pain In The Neck

[ilovemarkb]

My friend has been having shooting wave like pains that start in the neck then ear and head!! any suggestons medical abbers???

[jno]

RSI? Or just twisted his neck a bit while asleep? Could be anything, really. How long's it been going on?

[RATTER15]

Trapped nerve?

[Sqad]

Many things spring to mind, but assuming that your " friend" is over the age of 65 years, then cervical spondylitis springs immediately to mind. This is a " wear and tear" situation of the cervical spine ( neck) and boney outgrowths ( osteophytes) grow on the bones which may cause a " nagging" pain.
However if these boney outgrowths invade the privacy of nerve roots then the pain changes in character from a nagging pain to " shooting, electric pains " as suggested by my good friend Ratter.

There are of course other causes........but much rarer.

[ilovemarkb]

thanks guys ill pass this info on xx