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Suggest Treatment For Pain In Throat Caused By Neck Injury

After being hit in the neck, it was sore the next day and hurt when swallowing. It is a bearable pain, but when my throat is stressed or pressed it hurts. It is in the upper part of my throat mainly on the front right side on the bone. When I wake up it seems to hurt more but will become milder and just when I swallow, it hurts when I sneeze also. I m just wondering what it could be and if I should seek medical help.
posted on Fri, 21 Aug 2015
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Hi,

Noted your history about trauma to neck, painful swallowing, when stressed or on pressure, more so in the morning.
Trauma to the neck causes inflammation to spread in the muscles and in between the muscle planes.
This edema causes pain while stressing, or any movement that causes the muscles to act.
There is a possibility of edema and inflammation to spread to the internal part of pharynx and thus cause painful swallowing.
I would advise you the following in such a situation:
Consult your Doctor and request for clinical evaluation and get started on anti-inflammatory medicine with painkiller actions.
Referral to the ENT Surgeon for endoscopy and may be CT scan of neck to know the extent of trauma, edema and so on.
Continue the medicines as advised.
Avoid movements of neck.
Take rest.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Dr. T. Chandrakant, ENT and General Surgeon
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Suggest Treatment For Pain In Throat Caused By Neck Injury

Hi, Noted your history about trauma to neck, painful swallowing, when stressed or on pressure, more so in the morning. Trauma to the neck causes inflammation to spread in the muscles and in between the muscle planes. This edema causes pain while stressing, or any movement that causes the muscles to act. There is a possibility of edema and inflammation to spread to the internal part of pharynx and thus cause painful swallowing. I would advise you the following in such a situation: Consult your Doctor and request for clinical evaluation and get started on anti-inflammatory medicine with painkiller actions. Referral to the ENT Surgeon for endoscopy and may be CT scan of neck to know the extent of trauma, edema and so on. Continue the medicines as advised. Avoid movements of neck. Take rest. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. T. Chandrakant, ENT and General Surgeon