Neck Headaches to Think About

If you have a stiff neck, headache,and fever, you may have meningitis.

There are several types of headaches that are aggravating. The three most common are the migraine headache, tension headache, and the neck related headache.

The symptoms of neck headaches are !!!

The pain of a neck related headache is usually mild to moderate but sometimes can be severe. It usually hurts on one side.

You don't have to have a family history of headaches to have a neck related headache, as with the migraines.

You won't vomit, or have a aura with a neck headache, but sometimes you may be nausea.

It's important to remember that you may have been diagnosed with migraines or tension type headaches, but in all reality you are suffering with neck related headaches, and received the wrong headache treatment.

With forty five million headache sufferers just in the USA you can see how many headaches are related to neck headaches.

Causes of neck related headaches

The most common cause is the discs or the facet joints of the upper, and middle neck. You can have a neck injury or receive a whiplash which can stimulate the rich nerve supply that comes up through the neck.

The outer layer of the discs, called the anulus, can be the culprit for your neck headache, as well as the facet joints. The weight of your head puts pressure on the discs, further increasing your pain.

"They thought that my wife had bad facet joints, that was causing her headaches, and at one time severed the nerves in a couple of places in her neck."

There is a rich supply of nerves in the neck that can become inflamed, and cause your neck headaches.

You can also have neck pain headache from injuries to your ligaments, and muscles, but these injuries usually heal in one to three weeks. (BUT) if you injure a disc or facet joint, that can cause muscles to go into spasm, due to the injury, and add insult to injury.

Treatment for neck headache

Since there is no one best treatment for neck related headaches the best treatment is prevention. Practice good posture. Pay attention to what you were doing before your headache, and you will make a connection.

Try analgesics for your pain. You could also apply an ice pack to your neck.

A few causes of neck pain headaches

Sitting at a computer is a common one, lying in bed with to many pillows under your head, reading or watching the TV. Also working overhead such as painting can give you a neck related headache.

We were talking about neck stiffness, fever, and a headache at the top of the page. If you happen to suffer with this at anytime go to the doctor.

You may have a bacterial infection called "listeriosis". If the infection spreads to the nervous system it can cause meningitis, an infection of the covering of the brain and spinal cord.

And the symptoms of meningitis are headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance, and convulsions.

Don't delay going to a doctor. Your neck related headaches are most likely related to discs,facet joints, poor posture, overuse of muscles or even stress.

Our last page was about coughing headaches, and our next page is on serotonin migraines.

All the best

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