Neck pain is an acute symptoms of underlying pathology of different causes that sudden developed. Human body is special types of miraculous system in creation. The most important organs of human beings are- brain, heart, lung, liver, kidney and so on. Brain is covered by hard skull bone and the spinal cord by the 33 vertebral bodies. The heart and lungs are covered by bony thoracic cases. Thus we observe that the creator protects our vital organs by harder protection. After a strong protection sometimes brain and meninges, the covering of brain is infected or inflamed and show symptoms.
Neck pain and stiffness is one of the important symptoms of meningitis.
Causes of neck pain:
Muscle strains - the commonest cause
Nerve compression due to join pathology- disc compression, herniated disk, tearing of ligaments etc
Direct injury of neck
Spinal stenosis, Spondylosis,
Systemic disease like Rheumatoid Arthritis
Meningitis, retropharyngeal abscess, epiglottitis
Cancer or tumor
Carotid artery dissection
Referred pain of acute coronary syndrome
Prolonged asleep on sofas and chairs