2024-02-15 17:30:00
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Neck pain, which commonly occurs due to poor posture, can be life-threatening.
Neck pain can be caused by damage to bones, muscles, discs or ligaments, but pain can also be caused by nerve or spinal cord damage. Neck pain can also occur from diseases unrelated to the musculoskeletal system, such as meningitis.
In particular, neck pain can be a more dangerous sign, such as a heart attack. Most heart attack symptoms include chest pain such as pressure and heaviness, difficulty breathing, vomiting, motion sickness, indigestion, and dizziness. Among these, pain may be felt in other parts of the body, but most often it feels like pain and numbness spreading from the chest to the arms, and the pain may also spread to the jaw, back, and abdomen.
Furthermore, although it is not a common symptom, pain in the neck may also be a sign of a heart attack, but most people do not easily recognize it. A British medical study found that 70% of people knew that chest pain was a symptom of a heart attack, but less than 30% knew that neck pain was linked to heart attack symptoms.
Many heart attack patients complain of not only pain in the heart area but also discomfort such as neck or shoulder stiffness. Accordingly, experts recommend that if you feel pain that feels like squeezing your neck or shoulders, you should recognize it as a sign of a heart problem and go to the hospital.
Cases in which neck pain can be a dangerous condition include:
A tear (dissection) of the lining of the artery in the neck
meningitis
Spinal tumor or infection
heart attack or angina
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