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I woke up with a stick and painful neck. my temp is 98.4 . could this be menegitis ? or did i just sleep wrong .
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Sore muscles: Muscle soreness in the neck is very common. Although meningitis also causes neck soreness of stiffness, there is normally a significant fever with this. You seem to have a normal temperature. Have any of your contacts been ill? It is not likely your symptoms are caused by meningitis. Sleeping in an awkward position can also cause your symptom.
Answered 5/23/2016
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Stiff neck: Most likely if you have no fever and no other signs or symptoms of illness, then you have pulled a muscle in your neck, or as you said slept wrong. Take 400 mg of ibuprofen and see how you feel. Also warm compresses on your neck might help.
Answered 5/24/2017
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Stiff neck: Meningitis is characterized by fever, headache, nausea and vomiting, photo and phonophobia, changes in mental status and sometimes neurological deficiencies. Neck rigidity occurs, but a simple stiff neck is seldom mistaken for meningitis.
Answered 8/7/2014
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