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What dowager was the hump on neck named after? why?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Dowager's Hump: A dowager is a older woman who is dignified. Older women often had a kyphotic spinal hump, thus came the term dowager’s hump.

Answered 11/29/2017

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HI DOCTOR, My neck makes cracking sounds I have a dowagers hump Back of my head is sore occasionally Top of my head tingles sometimes My shoulders gets tense sometime i experience shoulder and neck pain Occasional weakness?

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