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I have chronic neck pain at the base of my skull. lately it feels like i'm being choked from the back of my throat. please help. ?

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Dr. Arif Khan answered

Specializes in Pain Management

Get MRI C spine: Obtain MRI C spine to assess what is the cause of this and if this is coming from the spine. Could be facet related pain or disk herniation

Dr Cremers and another doctor agreed

Answered 11/14/2015

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