I ask adoctor online about the way my neck feels.

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I wrote a Dr online about what my neck was doing. Feeling like I hada band around my throat although nothing was there , and thatwhen. i stand up straight my ears stop up. He said the first two vertabra controls sinus and ears and minecwas slightly out of alighnment and causing pressure in that area.

He said I need to go to a cervical spine specialist or chiro. Im scared about doing this because I have heard horror stories about chiros. im so worried this might be a bad thing and sometying bad migh happen to me if I dont go and scared something will happen to me if I do. Is this soundlike something seriuos? Could I die from this misalighment? Could this cause me to have a stroke or choke to death? Im really worried!!!! Help????

[jessicalittler79]

sorry u are haven such a hard time ...whats makes u think u will die from this huhn

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I guess too much googling ,im sorry....you start looking for symptoms of this and that and you find really bad ones. He wrote me back and said that the symptoms would probally not go away but get worse and arthritis would set in and rub the vertabra down if not already. He was a tad upset that I said anything about being scared of the chiro and said they paid more for malpractice insurance than regular drs and he would trust a chiro before he would trust pils . He said that it would bother me but didnt say anything about killing me . Its just I have readyour spinal cord controlls your breathing and heart rate and I worry. Also I have been reading symptoms to watch for since my neck started hurting like weakness in my arms ,hard to breathe etc... I get these but think its due to anxiety and not my neck and I keep thinking back about when my neck started hurting and I had two falls from my bike but not sure it started hurting duringthat time or after I quit riding . I also have read about people running around with their necks broken not knowing ...scarry... I tell you what, I have been anxious about. things like tgis appening since I was a child and it hasdone me no good other thank make me miserable. I wish I could just turn the anxiety off. Thanks Jess for replying ,im just a fraidy cat I guess nd it mkes you miserale especially when you really need to go to the Drs

[Klonoa]

I would go see your Primary Care Physician first, and then if they recommend a chiropractor go then. Your PCP has all your medical history after all and can see you face to face, internet doctor cannot.

If it comes to that, look for reviews on doctors on google, and just scrutinize them carefully which ones sound real e.t.c if you don't have friends/family to give you recommendation. I've had to do that with everything since I moved to the US and only once landed up with an average doctor.

Being stuck in limbo while figuring out what to do is just making you feel worse.

Is yours mostly health anxiety or do you have social issues too? Maybe you could get a massage and see if that helps? Probably expensive (I have no idea) but I get tension in my neck (the very back) which I suspect is posture especially at the computer and I do breathing exercises over a simple chore when my ears start echoing.

Hope you feel better soon, I'm sure you'll be okay but you need to hear it from a professional ^_^

[looking4answers]

I think you are absolutely right. Thanks for your help!