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Head and neck injuries
A head and neck injury is a condition in which a person has a bruise, cut, or fracture in his head or neck. Fractures can just be cracks, with the bones in fairly normal position, or they can be displaced fractures, with the broken ends out of place. Bruises appear with swelling, pain, and redness. Cuts and scrapes can lead to infections.
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A 47-year old asked:
How long does it take to get better from a head and neck injury?
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A 41-year old female asked:
It is 3 months post accident and my head, neck and back injuries are still almost as bad as right after accident and now I am having shoulder and arm pain as well, what should I tell my doctors to get the best treatment? My back has not been treated at al
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A 44-year old asked:
How exactly should you care for a person with possible head neck or back injury?
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A 31-year old asked:
There is something that pops in and out in my neck when turning/bending head to left after suffering a neck injury. Possibilities?
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A 31-year old female asked:
Without any change in activity i start having pain in neck started first infront now its back going down right shoulder &up head no injury advice?
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A 39-year old asked:
Can neck pain result from a head injury?
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A 38-year old asked:
Are headaches the result of neck and/or head injury ?
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A 25-year old female asked:
Cause of sudden severe neck pain? I have not sustained an injury and it hurts on the right side. It is painful to turn my head right but not left
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A 31-year old female asked:
Any suggestions relieve pain from neck & head pry due to tension and old spine injury besides lying down? Have cpl stretches but they don't work.
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A 33-year old female asked:
Neck started hurting close to heae in back left side while running today. I has gotten progressively worse and now I can barely turn my head. Injury?
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A 44-year old female asked:
Best med(s)/plan for headache:concussion and neck sprain from sports injury? Neuro seen,have tingling back of head,stiff neck,nausea one month later
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A 21-year old female asked:
When I touch the back of my neck/head, shoulders and my collar bone it hurts, like it's bruised. No injuries. It just started last night?
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A member asked:
Can spinal fluid come out from your nose after a neck injury? was in a head lock while being assaulted and was squeezing my neck very hard for about 45 seconds.
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A 39-year old female asked:
Pressure due to CSpine alignment in certain head pos. cause severe pain (CSpine & Occip. / burn SCM) if there is past injury to an artery in neck?
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Do i have a head injury and should i be concerned about it. Yesterday, i was at my highschool track practice i was highjumping then i jumped way to high and when i landed i just clipped the mat and landed on the ground on my neck and the back of my head
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A 30-year old asked:
Will a head and neck mri be able to detect a head or neck injury?
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A 33-year old male asked:
Neck injury 7 mo ago (600lb shrugs). Medial branch, cerv. epidural & shoulder injections, no relief. Can't bend head back or left. Bad pain. 11 drs w/no resolution. Sense of instability in shoulder.
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A 39-year old female asked:
What would cause Vasculitis in RT carotid artery and temporal arteries (or effect arteries of neck and head)? Past injury or VAD a possible cause?
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A 30-year old male asked:
I had a fractured jaw, had 2 plates. because of injury, i suffer from jaw dislocations, clicking, muscles in my jaw, head and neck hard as a rock, wake up with migraine. what can i do i cant eat steak?
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A 30-year old female asked:
Pressure R side jaw, head & neck.Swollen gum around tooth(No infection, per dentist). R eyelid spasms. Injury to R side of head 16yrs ago(hit by rock)?
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A 24-year old male asked:
Neck pain radiating to back of head, persistent dull headache, with neurological symptoms similar to brain injury worsened by substances .. causes?
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A 61-year old female asked:
I suffered a bad fall from a mva 2 days ago.Diagnosed with a basal skull fracture but scan showed no other injury to neck or spine. Some nausea and headache. 4 stitches on the scalp. Recovery time?
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A 25-year old asked:
my neck hurts everytIme I turned my head?
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A 31-year old asked:
If i hit my head why is my neck hurting?
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A member asked:
have red spots on base of head on neck.?
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A 41-year old asked:
What are the causes of facial neck and head numbness?
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A 45-year old male asked:
why the back of my head and neck is in pain what cause it?
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A 31-year old asked:
What can cause cold chills from the back of the neck to the head?
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is surgery an option for hyperhydrosis of the head, face and neck?
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A 39-year old asked:
Should I be concerned with stiff neck after hitting my head on ice?
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