For sure, every inhabitant of our planetlife was faced with such an unpleasant symptom as the pain in the neck on the left. It is worth mentioning that the presented sensations can have absolutely different character. In addition, there are quite a few reasons that cause such pain. In order to understand why you feel discomfort in this part of the neck, and also to find out to which doctor you can address this problem, we decided to cleanse all those diseases for which this symptom is characteristic.
Osteoarthritis
If you have any damageintervertebral joints, it is likely that you may have pain in the neck on the left. Also for such a disease stiffness, restrictions in movements, numbness, etc.,
Osteochondrosis
Deviations in the cervical spine can also cause pain in the neck on the left. By the way, such unpleasant sensations in this disease often extend to the shoulder, arm, scapula and thorax.
Muscle spasm
This pathology quite often happens aftersevere hypothermia of the neck, as a result of physical or emotional overstrain, an incorrect position during a night's sleep, and staying in the same position for too long, lifting extremely heavy objects and transferring them. If in recent days you have encountered such factors, then there is nothing surprising in that you are concerned about pain in the neck area to the left.
Herniated discs
Such a pathology can cause pain, dizziness, tingling and numbness in the area of the affected discs, weakness in the lower and upper limbs, elevation of blood pressure, etc.
Stenosis of spinal column
For such a deviation, not only the pain in the neck on the left, but also the numbness of the limbs, general weakness and irregularities in the work of organs in the small pelvis are characteristic.
All of the above diseases representare the most common reasons why there are unpleasant sensations in the neck. Below we will consider a list of other abnormalities, which in some cases can also cause pain in the left side of the neck, but less likely.
Viral mumps
During the "mumps" in a person can become inflamed andthe lymph nodes located in the neck area increase considerably in size. It is this deviation that can cause aching and persistent pain.
A brain tumor
Meningitis
Inflamed casing of the brain often causes pain in the neck, especially if a person tries to tilt his head forward.
Among other things, diseases such aspharyngeal abscess, tuberculosis, acute thyroiditis, osteomyelitis, etc., can also cause the patient to constantly feel pain in the neck to the left. Treatment of all the abovementioned diseases should be carried out immediately and only under the supervision of an experienced physician (manual therapist, masseur, neurologist, orthopedist, rheumatologist, traumatologist or physiotherapist).
