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What Causes Pain In Shoulder, Arm And Neck When Sneezing?

I m 25, 6 1 , muscular build, recently lost a few pounds from taking a night shift and turning my days upside-down so now I weigh a little less than 260 pounds which sounds heavy but, I can see the outline of my abs when standing, just saying I m not overweight. I have very few allergy problems. I did not play sports in school but had a very active childhood outside of school; climbing trees, wrestling with siblings, riding bikes, skateboarding, running, jumping, flipping and, of course, falling which could be in between all my activities listed. No medical issues, that I know of. Never broken a bone (not sure how I managed that). Never had to go to the hospital for myself excepting a cut when I was 3, a dog bite when I was 8 and a toe thing like 2 years ago. I feel like I m a healthy, rather lucky, young man. However, every once in a while when I sneeze, not every sneeze, but sometimes, I have unrelenting, unassuagable, deep -like nerve or vein or bone- pain. It feels like it starts in my shoulders and moves up towards my neck a bit, across my chest and down my arms to my wrists. It only lasts 30 or 40 seconds or so but, gosh it hurts. I ve looked around online before, to no avail. My family members don t seem to have the same issue. It honestly worries me a bit. I did find a page today, after I sneezed and had this ache, that narrowed it down some more for me. I share many of these folks symptoms and lifestyles. http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Back--Neck/Pain-when-sneezing-back--neck--arms/show/686077 The chance to lay this issue before a real doctor prompted my writing all this. Get back to me soon. -Richard
Fri, 14 Aug 2020
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Hi,

Repeated and painful sneezing can occur due to allergy,sinusitis or other infections of the respiratory tract. I would suggest you to take MRI brain and cervical spine to rule out any abnormalities. Nerve conduction studies can also be done to rule out any nerve dysfunction.

Take care. Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Dr. Saranya Ramadoss, General & Family Physician
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What Causes Pain In Shoulder, Arm And Neck When Sneezing?

Hi, Repeated and painful sneezing can occur due to allergy,sinusitis or other infections of the respiratory tract. I would suggest you to take MRI brain and cervical spine to rule out any abnormalities. Nerve conduction studies can also be done to rule out any nerve dysfunction. Take care. Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Saranya Ramadoss, General & Family Physician