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What Could Be The Reason For Having Pain On My Upper Neck?

Hi My name is Cheryl, I had a total thyroid ectomy in sept. I did have cancer. One day surgery turned into 2 days in intensive care then 6 more days in hospital. I still have stridor and possibly going to have my vocal cords injected. But today I started having pain on my left eide of myuper neck. What could cause that?
Mon, 2 Mar 2015
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Hi, seems like you had recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy during surgery of thyroid. Hospital stay can also be because of hypocalcemia due to parathyroid gland insufficiency. Serum calcium level estimation will help in reaching to a diagnosis. Calcium and vitamin D supplementation will help over coming this. Pain in neck 8-10 days post surgery is can be because of some infection inside or an infected stich. Local examination of the area will help in finding the cause. If it is so, antibiotics will help resolving this. If this is long time since your surgery, muscular causes are usually the reason for pain in neck. Pain killers and muscle relaxants will help in solving the problem. Regards
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What Could Be The Reason For Having Pain On My Upper Neck?

Hi, seems like you had recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy during surgery of thyroid. Hospital stay can also be because of hypocalcemia due to parathyroid gland insufficiency. Serum calcium level estimation will help in reaching to a diagnosis. Calcium and vitamin D supplementation will help over coming this. Pain in neck 8-10 days post surgery is can be because of some infection inside or an infected stich. Local examination of the area will help in finding the cause. If it is so, antibiotics will help resolving this. If this is long time since your surgery, muscular causes are usually the reason for pain in neck. Pain killers and muscle relaxants will help in solving the problem. Regards