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Tue Jun 09, 2020 3:59 pm
New Disease-Military Neck
This is what is happening to me right now, ha ha...
Many modern people are said to have this disease.

Corresponding department:
Orthopedics

Explanation:
The military neck is a state in which the curve of the cervical spine, which was originally gently curved, is lost by keeping the leaning posture forward for a long time, and the neck is straightened more.

Possible symptoms:
Tenderness, pain, numbness, Allodynia (CRPS)
These are caused by pressure on the nerves.
Of these three, except numbness, are the symptoms I have now...
In addition, it seems to cause various symptoms depending on the part affected by the deformation.

Definitive "symptoms" that describe the disease itself:
Deformation of the cervical spine by radiography of the neck

Treatment:
Exercise therapy/orthosis/cervical traction...etc.
I have not been treated to address this issue directly, I am prescribed a pain reliever as a symptomatic treatment, and my doctor is advised to do basically a self-stretch.
However, in severe cases, it seems that the above treatment will be given.

Supplement:
The disease usually does not cause outliers in blood tests.
Also, the microorganisms are irrelevant, so the lab will probably not be useful in diagnosing this disease.
Taking a radiograph of the neck is important, and a physical examination will find several important findings.
Probably people with this disease will not need ambulance transport and will all visit the outpatient clinic.

About localization:
In Japanese, many people call this disease "スマホ首"("smart phone neck"), and doctors call it "ストレートネック"("straight neck").


Last edited by raki_can on Tue Jun 09, 2020 4:02 pm; edited 1 time in total (Reason for editing : Added a supplement about localization)
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Thu Jun 11, 2020 9:55 am
Yes!
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Thu Jun 11, 2020 5:08 pm
I agree
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Mon Jun 15, 2020 9:10 pm
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Please include the treatment "smash the smartphone with a hammer" for extra laughter.
That said: agreed - this fits nicely into the orthopedy department
Could we have hallux valgus, maybe as well, if we are already treating misgrown bones?
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