I have bad crakling in my neck. Everytime
I bend it forwards, backward or to the
sides it crakles. It doesent crack like Im
cracing my neck, it makes a weird sound. I
also have pins and needles in my hands and
feet, I have vision loss in one eye,
bladder problems and bowel probems, Bad
headaches that last about 5-10 seconds and
in and out hearing in my right ear. The
thing that most concerns me is my neck,
what could be causing that????
The crackling sound that you hear when
moving your neck could be due to stiffness
of the neck muscles. Muscle stiffness of
vertebral muscles (including the cervical,
or neck muscles) can be caused by reflex
muscle spasms that occur during cases of
cervical spondylosis. Spondylotic changes
(osteophytes and disk hernias) can create
pressure on the spinal nerves causing
itching, numbness, pain, muscle pareses,
and paralyses. Pain experienced during
spondylosis has possibly double origins.
The pain can be neural or muscular pain.
Neural pain is due to the pressure on a
sensitive spinal nerve and is found in the
places that are innervated by the affected
nerve. Muscle pain is due to a muscle
spasm (prolonged contraction) of the
vertebral muscles. Pins and needles in the
hands and feet can also be due to the
spondylosis. Headaches could be caused by
muscle spasms. An X-ray of the whole
spine is the proper protocol for
confirming or excluding spondylosis. You
can consult a neurologist or an
orthopedist to inquire about the
procedures and to further discuss neck
problems.
Eye, ear, bladder and bowel problems are
probably not connected with a possible
case of spondylosis. You can seek
assistance with the proper specialists: an
ophthalmologist, an ENT specialist, a
urologist, and an internist respectively.
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