Weird neck pain

SentrySteveSentrySteve .txt Join Date: 2002-03-09 Member: 290Members, Constellation
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<div class="IPBDescription">...it hurts....</div>Ok, About 3 days ago I got a cold and stayed home from school for 2 days.  During those 2 days I didnt use the computer any more than I would a normal day however, I noticed after about 30 mins of use on my computer my neck would hurt like crazy!  At one point if I took a deep breath I could feel the pain in the back of my head.  It was not too fun.  If anyone knows anything about this, why would my neck just start hurting for no reason?  I have spent days (20 hrs +) on the computer and never had this.  Help!
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  • MoleculorMoleculor Namer-of-Bob Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 9Members
    Does it feel stiff?
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  • SentrySteveSentrySteve .txt Join Date: 2002-03-09 Member: 290Members, Constellation
    yeh! good way to describe it.. its stiff, whys that happening now tho?
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  • hardy_weinberghardy_weinberg Join Date: 2002-03-27 Member: 357Members
    not sure steve, but maybe if you buy a ghillie suit, you'd feel all better....

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    what would really suck is if you had a herniated disc.  not good.  but you can sort of tell if its bone or if its muscle.  stiffness is usually associated with muscle.  my suggestion is to do neck stretches (not rolling--thats bad) forward-backward and side-side.  if the pain persists, see a doctor.
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  • MoleculorMoleculor Namer-of-Bob Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 9Members
    'course, then again, headaches and stiff neck are some of the symptoms of bacterial meningits... something that usually kills in about three days. We've had teens down here in Austin die from it in the past month or so.
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  • realityisdeadrealityisdead Employed by Raven Software after making ns_nothing Join Date: 2002-01-26 Member: 94Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    Probably just one of those severe neck cramps.

    Hate it when that happens.

    The pain is very similar to that when you throw out a rib... while you're at the checkout in the store... and can't move because of the pain... just have to stand there, hunched over... can't talk... people staring... /grumbles
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  • Shuvit_ViperShuvit_Viper Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 62Members
    I think you should see a doctor. Here in holland, all the children now get vaccinated for menginitis because 20 children died having it. You can always just go to be sure, better go and find out its nothing then not go and finding out its meningitis. The children died because the parents thought it was just a normal desease, as the symptoms are a stiff (? dont know if its the right translation) neck, a flu, a cold etc.

    I think its best to go to be sure.
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  • BananBanan Join Date: 2002-02-22 Member: 235Members
    Dude!
    this happened to me once, I just woke up one morning and I couldnt move my neck at all, I could only see straight forward, I couldnt turn my head to the right, left, nor up or down, what you have to do is (this is PAINFULL): but you have to roll you'r head alot, like the boksers do, it hurts though, it was over in like 3 days for me hope you get well soon <!--emo&:D--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'><!--endemo-->
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  • FreestylerFreestyler The First NS Fan Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 20Members
    Rolling your head is a very bad idea.  Its one of the wore things you can do.
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  • JedisarJedisar Join Date: 2002-03-03 Member: 264Awaiting Authorization
    You die and I'm going to be ###### at you, Stevie.
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  • SentrySteveSentrySteve .txt Join Date: 2002-03-09 Member: 290Members, Constellation
    dude, I dont have menginitis and I'm not going to die.. however if I do die.. here is my will:

    I want to be buried with the playtest.


    Thank you..
    /me crys
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  • SentrySteveSentrySteve .txt Join Date: 2002-03-09 Member: 290Members, Constellation
    hey.. heres another queston.. if random bruises appear on your arms is that part of this megintits thingy?
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  • MoleculorMoleculor Namer-of-Bob Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 9Members
    Possibly.

    List of symptoms:

    Fever
    <b>Severe headache
    Stiff neck, shoulders or back </b>
    Pain with eye movement
    Severe shooting pain down the back of the neck and sometimes along the spine, when bending the neck forward
    Inability to tolerate bright light
    <b>A bumpy and splotchy dark red or purplish rash anywhere on the body (in certain types of bacterial meningitis) </b>
    Drowsiness and mental confusion
    Vomiting
    Seizures and coma
    Paralysis on one side of the body in severe cases
    In infants, a bulge of the soft spot on the skull
    In infants, an eerie high-pitched cry



    <!--EDIT|Moleculor|April 13 2002,10:19-->
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  • coilcoil Amateur pirate. Professional monkey. All pance. Join Date: 2002-04-12 Member: 424Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    Do you cry in an eerie, high-pitched fashion?
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  • MartMart Origin of SUYF Join Date: 2002-02-26 Member: 248Members
    I had that a couple of weeks ago, but it was only after being up for 48 hours and it refused to go away until I curled up into a ball and went to sleep. by the time I'd woken up the pain had been healed...
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  • Shuvit_ViperShuvit_Viper Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 62Members
    you dont have all the symptoms if you have meningitis... thats the problem. People think they are just ordinary sick... :s
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  • SentrySteveSentrySteve .txt Join Date: 2002-03-09 Member: 290Members, Constellation
    hmm.. these do bruises do look red...hmmm..... i'll walk it off and see what happens.
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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    walk it off in a public area where people can see you drop dead, err unconsious.
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  • KassingerKassinger Shades of grey Join Date: 2002-02-20 Member: 229Members, Constellation
    Hearing somebody mentioning spending 20 hours on the computers
    makes me suggest start training a few hours every week.

    /me worried about half of the forum-goers starting to rot from the inside out because of to little phsyical activity.
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  • coilcoil Amateur pirate. Professional monkey. All pance. Join Date: 2002-04-12 Member: 424Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    LOL... know how I stay in shape?

    Dance Dance Revolution.  No joke, my friend and I get together and play for about 2 hours, 2 or 3 times/week on my playstation.  Here at school, we have access to a sw33t 5' TV screen, and he's got plywood mods for his pads, so we just go crazy.  *Serious* workout... we pretty much only play Maniac difficulty now. <!--emo&:D--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'><!--endemo-->
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  • MoleculorMoleculor Namer-of-Bob Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 9Members
    Dude, do NOT walk it off. Death usually occurs within a few days, and by the time it gets worse enough to actually warrent a trip to the hospital, SEVERE and PERMANENT brain damage results!

    Get yourself to a hospital!
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  • Shuvit_ViperShuvit_Viper Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 62Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Kassinger+April 13 2002,22:41--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (Kassinger @ April 13 2002,22:41)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->/me worried about half of the forum-goers starting to rot from the inside out because of to little phsyical activity.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    No way that is going to happen for me... i judo a lot and skate a lot too <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo-->...
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  • BananBanan Join Date: 2002-02-22 Member: 235Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Freestyler+April 12 2002,11:22--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td><b>Quote</b> (Freestyler @ April 12 2002,11:22)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><!--QuoteEBegin-->Rolling your head is a very bad idea.  Its one of the worse things you can do.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    It depends, it might just be one of the worst things to do, but it depends on what the reason of the neck pain is, as for my case my neck muscles were just all cramped because I had been sleeping in an oquard position the same night, but if something else is causing it I don't know, but Steve, I think you should go to a hospital, just to be sure, most people think: Something like this won't happen to me, or they think: ok, so I die, i'd rather die then going to the hospital... be smart, do alternative number 2 <!--emo&:D--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'><!--endemo-->
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