Question: Hi,

Last Wednesday morning, my wife (XXXXXXX Age-28) woke up saying she has some sprain in the neck. By night it was bit worse, I gave her a muscle relaxant (Nise-MR), however by thursday morning it was worse.

Took her to our family physician, who gave her an inj of Tramazac-1ml and prescribed Prazole-40Mg and Zerodol-MR for 5 days. There were some improvement, however a sneeze on sunday morning made things worse. On visiting doctor he gave an inj of Tramazac-2ml and prescribed A to Z vitamin Tablet, with Thermagel to apply and informed that if things didnt improve by 24hours, we should consult a neurologist for nerve compression.

Visited a neurologist, who confirmed that it was viral myalgia and prescribed Flexura D for 5 days, D-360 with milk (1per week for 8 weeks) and CCM Tablet for a month.

Pain is concentrated in the neck region and radiates to shoulders but the pain does not radiate to her hands or to her lower back. There is some slight pain in the mid back. She is unable to move her neck sidewards. Able to move her hands freely.

Doc has advised her that it would be there for atleast 2 weeks and would subside later on. Bit skeptical about the symptoms and worried about the pain through which she is going through.

Appreciate your feedback and expertise on the issue.

Regards,
XXXXXXX

Dr XXXXXXX

Thanks for taking time to reply. You were absolutely right, wednesday night she went through lot of pain, and a MRI scan on thursday confirmed that it was a disc prolapse btn C5-C6

Doctor has prescribed, decdek 4mg, flexura D and Pre-gabalin 75mg. He advised to take the tablets till the pain subsides and continue with Pre-Gablin for a week. Also, has suggested to wear a semi-soft collar with 10 days of rest.

Hope it comes down as expected. Just wanted to know if a bad posture of sleep could cause a disc prolapse.

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