A 27-year-old male asked:
after stretching heard a popping in my neck area. pain in base of skull/top of neck, sharp stabbing pain in one spot of left side top of head, and pain on left side nose. went away after adjusting position, putting pressure on back of neck. migraine?
1 doctor answer
Dr. Robert Kohn answered
37 years experience Psychiatry
Cervical neck: the pop may have been a separation of the Uncovertebral ligaments or the release of a negative pressure thought to be between the vertebrae. Radiation to your skull-vertex area may be a greater occipital nerve injury or compression. The pattern is unlike a migraine.
Answered on Jan 4, 2018
90,000 U.S. doctors in 147 specialties are here to answer your questions or offer you advice, prescriptions, and more. Get help now:
Related questions:
A 44-year-old female asked:
Dr. Derron Wilson answered
25 years experience Pain Management
Need Evaluated: It could be several different causes such as an irritation of a nerve in back of your skull called occipital neuralgia. The neurological symptoms warr ... Read More
3
3 thanks
A 24-year-old female asked:
Dr. Nathaniel Schuster answered
Specializes in Pain Management
Occipital nerves: The occipital nerves are located in the back of the skull. It is a common procedure to inject numbing medicine around the occipital nerves to help pre ... Read More
1
1 thank
A 47-year-old male asked:
Dr. Pouya Shafipour answered
23 years experience Family Medicine
Tension and occipita: Neuropathy (impingement of the occipital nerve coming out of a foramen at the back of the skull next to where you feel the bulge) are common causes of ... Read More
3
3 thanks
A 43-year-old male asked:
Dr. Oscar Novick answered
58 years experience Pediatrics
Pain: Seevyour doctor. You may have an infection in your throat and the lump may be pharyngeal abscess.
1
1 thank
90,000 U.S. doctors in 147 specialties are here to answer your questions or offer you advice, prescriptions, and more. Get help now:
People also searched for:
Connect by text or video with a U.S. board-certified doctor now — wait time is less than 1 minute!
24/7 visits
$15 per month