Question: About 3 days ago, I started to notice mild stiffness in my neck on the right side, which has become progressively sharper through yesterday. It has since plateaued but is quite painful now. I can barely turn my head to the right, and in general movement in any direction has to be done slowly. I can touch my chin to my chest, but only if I take about 15 seconds to get it down there. There is one very local spot about 2" directly below the back of my right ear which is excruciating if pushed hard, or if my head moves rapidly from side to side.
Yesterday I also developed a mild fever (99-100) late in the day, which fell back to 98.0 by the morning, but has climbed back to around 99.4 this evening. It is no worse today than yesterday, possibly slightly better, but I have been taking acetaminophen to dampen the pain and fever.
I am worried that this suggests viral meningitis, but I have essentially no other symptoms often cited on the web -- no nausea, no bright light sensitivity, no rash, no sleepiness, no material headache. I also started taking Lisinopril for high BP (about 140/90 at peak during the day) at this same time, and it is possible that some of this is adjustment discomfort from it (which I have taken in the past and took a couple of weeks to come into balance).
Is this enough of a package of symptoms that I should be getting to the hospital or doctor, or should I just watch it for a while? I am at this stage quite functional, but also pretty darn uncomfortable and a tad worried.

Thanks Dr. Nazzai,
I did go to my PCP and she also agreed it is very unlikely to be viral meningitis -- I look pretty well and can bend my neck (albeit very slowly) farther than she would have expected. However, she did take a CBC and observed that my white count is a bit high:

BASO% 0.1 Range: 0.0-1.0 % (Collection Date: 05/12/2015)
EO% 0.2 Range: 0-6.0 % (Collection Date: 05/12/2015)
HCT 47.8 Range: 37.0-51.0 % (Collection Date: 05/12/2015)
HGB 16.3 Range: 12.0-18.0 g/dl (Collection Date: 05/12/2015)
LYC% 11.6 Range: 20.0-50.0 % (Collection Date: 05/12/2015)
MCH 32.0 Range: 26.0-33.0 pg (Collection Date: 05/12/2015)
MCHC 34.1 Range: 32.0-36.0 g/dl (Collection Date: 05/12/2015)
MCV 93.9 Range: 81.0-99.0 fL (Collection Date: 05/12/2015)
MON% 15.0 Range: 0-14.0 % (Collection Date: 05/12/2015)
NEU% 73.1 Range: 37.0-72.0 % (Collection Date: 05/12/2015)
PLT 223 Range: 140-440 /mm3 (Collection Date: 05/12/2015)
RBC 5.09 Range: 4.2-6.3 /mm6 (Collection Date: 05/12/2015)
WBC 12.71 Range: 4.0-11.0 /mm3 (Collection Date: 05/12/2015)


Liver enzymes were normal but bilirubin was a bit high as was blood glucose. My temp this a.m. is 98.5 and my BP was 122/83, not bad on either. However, I feel absolutely miserable and have lost movement in my head/neck. Now I can only turn about 5-8 degrees to the sides or up and down. Interestingly, the pain has shifted from the right side of my neck to the left. I am also incredibly lethargic, though that could be because last night I took a cyclobenzaprine to relax the muscles, on my PCP's suggestion.

My question today is whether this worsening of energy, increased pain, and high WBC suggests it could be meningeal, and if so should I be doing anything other than taking it easy. How would meningeal pain feel? Would it be centered in and along the spine, or could it be fairly peripheral (like the outside of the neck, or even the tops of my shoulders?)

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