severe neck pain flu like symptoms

[Jessica3210]

First I woke up with a sore throat and severe neck pain on both sides, then throughout the day I developed flu like symptoms (fever, chills, joint and muscle pain with continueing pain in my neck.) Does anybody have any idea? I would say flu but I never experienced a neck pain like this. Thanks.

[perryc]

I'm so glad I came across this forum.  Here it is just a few days before Halloween (kdoc) a year later.  I am suffering from the exact same symptoms; however, I did not think my foot pain was even related.  I can barely move my neck, can't walk on my right foot,  and feel like I have the flu or mono, but no fever.  I was considering going to the hospital to test for meningitis I hurt so bad.  After, seeing that this is a fairly common virus, I'll hold out a few days to see if it passes.  Aleve only helped a little this afternoon.  Any other suggestions to ease the pain and discomfort?  What about the fatigue?

[anom12]

hi- have you been tested for menengitis? the first symptoms is stiff neck and flu-like symptoms...

[KittyPresouz]

I too have EAR / glands and TERRIBLE neck pain and lower skull pain and I was on antibiotics for 3 weeks to no  avail. Neck pain so bad I could touch my neck vein and it was so sore and I had pain shoot to my temples.. OMG!!!!  ICE PACK helped thanks God but... next I spent hundreds of dollars at an ENT and Swallow study and CT scan of sinus and neck only for the ENT to say he has no answers and keep taking the Naproxen he gave me and check back in 2 months!? OMG yes my sinus are a little swollen but not enough for any more antibiotics. I feel slow swoozing in my head / ears at times in the morning  I am broke and still in pain!! Any one have this too?

[julie360]

I also have the muscular neck pain that is now the third day of it.  I went to my chiropracture whom is very good and my atlas was in need of adustment but...this morning I still have the very sore muscular issues and am wondering if it could be a virus.  Really sore when turning my head to either side and looking down with my chin to chest my muscles seem highly shortened.  No headache or sore throat...Anyone else with these symptoms.   Don't like to use drugs but wow this is pretty miserable.....

[mellb1971]

I have been suffering for almost two weeks with neck and shoulder pain.   It started after/during a cold a few weeks ago.  It began as a sharp pain going up my left shoulder up to my neck.  The pain was really intense.  Then after about 5 days it got better but then it started on my right side and it is even more intense than the left side was.  I am living on advil and icyhot strips.  I end up waking at about 1am in severe pain every night.  I then have to wait for the advil to kick in again so that I can go back to sleep.  I am seeing a doctor on Monday...so hopefully I will get an answer to what it is.  When I went into the pharmacy yesterday to get more icyhot strips the pharmicist asked me if I had a cold recently because neck pain is associated with a cold virus that is going around.  I can't believe that it has lasted for almost two weeks now though!  Hopefully yours won't last as long.  Have you seen a dr yet?

[presouzz]

I have a whole story it took me about 3 months and hunderds of dollars to find out NOTHING WAS WRONG.. ??? I lived on anti inflammantories and musinx D GOOD LUCK email me at presouz at rocketmail ******* and let me know how the dr went GOOD LUCK