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Short, wide neck
Webbed neck refers to a condition where there is excess skin running on the sides of the neck to the shoulders. It can be common in certain congenital disorders, such as Turner syndrome.
Dr. Robert Kwok reviewed this
35 year experience in Pediatrics
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A 26-year old female asked:
I'm in africa. 2 months ago i suddenly developed high temperature, cold palms, & feet. Back of my neck hurts can't touch chest with chin. Widal:160h?
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A 27-year old male asked:
27y, 24/7 muscle twitching in both feet/calves started 3 months ago + short body wide twitches every 10min. + occasional pain in veins. No atrophy/ muscle weakness. Last month itchy\clearing throat in upright position. Should I be worried about ALS?
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A 55-year old asked:
In what way can I make my neck look shorter?
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A 36-year old asked:
My neck is really short is there any safe way to elongate it?
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A 57-year old asked:
Could broadening the shoulders and raising traps make the neck look shorter?
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A 42-year old asked:
How can I treat a short neck?
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A 43-year old asked:
Does a more muscular neck mean a shorter one?
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A 34-year old asked:
Can you tell me: are u fat if you have a short neck?
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A 46-year old asked:
What to do if I have a really short neck and it's been bothering me for a while. Is there any way to lengthen it?
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A 26-year old male asked:
Have a short managable pain at the intersection of the back of the neck and the head on the right side from yesterday morning?
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A 19-year old male asked:
Mole on neck 1cm by 1cm wide appeaed out of nowhere?
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A 21-year old male asked:
Is this spaghetti thing I feel on 1 side of my neck a nerve? About 0.3 cm wide 0.8 cm long. FEELS like tendon. 2 friends have it too but on other side
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A 44-year old asked:
Does scoliosis have anything to do with me being short and having a short neck?
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A 22-year old male asked:
Hair falls when I have short hair.Does not fall when I have neck long hair.How? Why?I am 23 male
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A 21-year old female asked:
Over the last two weeks several large lumps have appeared on my neck. They are raised maybe 1/4 in tall and an inch wide. What could be the cause?
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A 25-year old male asked:
Is it possible to be somewhat resistant to concussions? I have taken many hard clonks to the head but never had symptoms. BTW my neck is very wide.
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A 32-year old female asked:
Can reactive neck lymph nodes feel more oval than round? Have a lymph node that I think feels about 2cm x 1cm in size (feels much longer than wide).
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A 64-year old male asked:
Which specialist should I consult about swelling on the back of my head. It feels like fluid. It is from the top of my head to my neck. It is approximately 1 wide?
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A 16-year old male asked:
For a week now I have been having short pains right about on the top right of my head, neck, and simotanioisly have had bloody boogers. allergies?
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A 26-year old male asked:
I have been having a constant pain in the right side of my neck for more than a month. It is associated w/ short term memory loss. I found online that this could be fybromyglia... What should I do now ?
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A 61-year old male asked:
61-year old male. Lump on back of neck, left side, about 1cm below hairline. Less than 1cm long, about .5 cm wide, palpable when in regular seated position. When bent forward, pliable, not fixed. Noticed 3+ years. No apparent change in size?
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A 56-year old male asked:
Is short and long time memory loss a side effect of a radical neck disection?
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A 34-year old female asked:
Random short stabs of pain from back of neck left side to left head. Pressure in left head. Training for marathon, v healthy 34 yr female. ?
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A 29-year old female asked:
Short bouts of nausea lasting 5 to 30min. Have issues with neck hypermibility causing tension headaches and spacy feeling. Ok to wait 2wks til dr appt?
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A female asked:
What causes pain in the left shoulder? I have pain that starts under my left arm and moves over the front of my shoulder to my neck area. It is not constant. It comes and goes.It will hurt for a short time and a long time. This has been going on for a few
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A 51-year old male asked:
Been having chest pain moves in to my neck short of breath?
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A 27-year old male asked:
Found out left leg is shorter 1.5 can this be causing my pain all along my left side body from foot to neck? If so what can I do?
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A member asked about a 32-year old female:
My girlfriend who is 27 has a brain aneurysm. It is 3mm big and can not be coiled because it has a wide neck...How safe is the pipeline procedure?
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A 22-year old female asked:
I have just 2-3hairs on the triangle of my neck,light in colour and short,not really noticeable,can they be due to pcos?not confirmed that i have it
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A 26-year old male asked:
I have short, sharp shooting pains in my chest, beneath my right breast. It feels as though the pain travels to my neck also. Any idea what this is?
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