Common causes of Stiff neck

Causes of Stiff neck that are very common

The following causes of Stiff neck are diseases or medical conditions that affect more than 10 million people in the USA:

• Arthritis
• Flu
• Trauma - soft tissue injury

Causes of Stiff neck that are common

The following causes of Stiff neck are diseases or conditions that affect more than 1 million people in the USA:

• Disc disorder
• Malignant neoplasm
• Polymyalgia rheumatica - stiff neck
• Rheumatoid arthritis

Causes of Stiff neck that are uncommon

The following causes of Stiff neck are diseases or conditions that affect more than 200,000 people, but less than 1 million people in the USA:

• Ankylosing spondylitis

Causes of Stiff neck that are rare

The offical US government definition of a "rare" disease is one that affects 200,000 people or less. The following causes of Stiff neck appear in the population at a rate of less than 200,000 people per year in the USA:

• Behcet's Disease - stiff neck
• Klippel-Feil syndrome

Causes of Stiff neck that are very rare

The following causes of Stiff neck appear in the population at a rate of substantially less than 200,000 people per year in the USA:

• Bell's Palsy - stiff neck
• Cryptococcal Meningitis - Stiff neck
• Guillain-Barre Syndrome - stiff neck
• Hemophilus influenzae B - stiff neck
• Huntington's Disease - neck muscle rigidity
• Leptospirosis
• Listeriosis - stiff neck
• Lyme disease - stiff neck
• Melioidosis - stiff neck
• Meningitis - pain on moving neck
• Meningococcal disease - pain on moving neck
• Multiple myeloma
• Pneumococcal meningitis - Stiff neck
• Polio - stiff neck
• Poliomyelitis
• Psittacosis
• Syphilis - stiff neck
• Tetanus - neck muscle rigidity
• Viral meningitis - pain on moving neck
• Western equine encephalitis - Stiff neck
• Whiplash

Causes of Stiff neck without any prevalence information

The following causes of Stiff neck are ones for which we do not have any prevalence information.

• Acanthamoeba infection - stiff neck
• Acanthamoeba infection of the central nervous system - stiff neck
• Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis - stiff neck
• Acute headache - Stiff neck
• Acute idiopathic polyneuritis - stiff neck
• Angiostrongyliasis - stiff neck
• Arbovirosis - stiff neck
• Arbovirus infection
• Arthritis
• Atlanto-Axial Fusion - stiff neck
• Austrian syndrome - stiff neck
• Bacterial meningitis - stiff neck
• Bartschi-Rochaix syndrome - stiff neck
• Basilar impression primary - pain on moving neck
• Bell's Palsy - stiff neck
• Borreliosis - stiff neck
• Brain abscess
• California encephalitis - stiff neck
• Cerebral aneurysm
• Cerebral tumor
• Cervical spine fracture
• Cervical spine infection
• Cervical spondylosis
• Chemical meningitis - Stiff neck
• Chemical poisoning - Strychnine - stiff neck
• Chronic juveniles arthritis
• Cold draught
• Congenital cervical rib
• Congenital deformities
• Congenital torticollis
• Contracture following burns
• Contracture following nerve injury
• Cryptococcal Meningitis - Stiff neck
• Dislocation of cervical spine
• Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy, dominant type - stiff neck
• Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy, X-linked - stiff neck
• Encephalitis - stiff neck
• Encephalomyelitis - stiff neck
• Erythema chronicum migrans - stiff neck
• Exposure to cold
• Flu
• Fungal meningitis - stiff neck
• Granulomatous amebic encephalitis - stiff neck
• Guillain-Barre Syndrome - stiff neck
• Hemorrhage
• HHV-6 encephalitis - stiff neck
• Huntington's Disease - neck muscle rigidity
• Hysteria
• Infections - various infections may cause a stiff neck, usually with other symptoms like headache and fever.
• Intracerebral and subarachnoid hemorrhage
• Intracranial Hemorrhages - stiff neck
• Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis - stiff neck
• Klippel-Feil
• Leptospirosis
• Listeriosis - stiff neck
• Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis - stiff neck
• Lysteria monocytoigeneses meningitis - stiff neck
• Meningism
• Meningitis - pain on moving neck
• Meningococcal A - Stiff neck
• Meningococcal B - Stiff neck
• Meningococcal C - Stiff neck
• Meningococcal infection - stiff neck
• Meningoencephalitis
• Multiple myeloma
• Naegleria - stiff neck
• Neck abscess
• Neck injury
• Neck muscle disorder
• Neck sprain
• Neck strain
• Neonatal bacterial meningitis - stiff neck
• Neurosyphilis - stiff neck
• Physical neck disorders
• Pneumococcal meningitis - Stiff neck
• Poliomyelitis
• Poor sleeping posture
• Primary amebic meningoencephalitis - stiff neck
• Reflex spasm due to otitis media
• Reflex spasm due to tonsillitis
• Retropharyngeal abscess - stiff neck
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Sandfly fever
• SAPHO syndrome - stiff neck
• Simian B virus infection - stiff neck
• Spinal disorders
• Spondylarthropathy
• Spondylosis - stiff neck
• Still's disease
• Strains of cervical spine
• Strychnine
• Subarachnoid hemorrhage - stiff neck
• Subluxation of cervical spine
• Syphilitic aseptic meningitis - Stiff neck
• Syringomyelia, cervical lesion - stiff neck
• Tick-borne encephalitis - stiff neck
• Togaviridae disease - stiff neck
• Torticollis
• Torticollis, spasmodic
• Traum - muscle injury
• Tuberculous disease of the spine
• Tuberculous meningitis - stiff neck
• Typhus
• Viral meningitis - pain on moving neck
• Waterhouse-Friederichsen syndrome - stiff neck
• West nile encephalitis - Stiff neck
• West Nile fever - Stiff neck
• Western/Eastern/California encephalitis - Stiff neck
• Wrong pillow
• Wryneck

All Causes of Stiff neck

The full list of all possible causes for Stiff neck described in various sources is as follows:

• Acanthamoeba infection - stiff neck
• Acanthamoeba infection of the central nervous system - stiff neck
• Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis - stiff neck
• Acute headache - Stiff neck
• Acute idiopathic polyneuritis - stiff neck

See full list of possible disease causes of Stiff neck

Drug side effect causes of Stiff neck

• Selegiline
• Atapryl
• Carbex
• Eldepryl
• L-Deprenyl

Drug interaction causes of Stiff neck:

• Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors and overripe bananas interaction
• Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors and Acutrim Late Day Strength Appetite Suppressant interaction
• Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors and Acutrim II Maximum Strength Appetite Suppressant interaction
• Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors and Acutrim 16 Hour Steady Control Appetite Suppressant interaction
• Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors and Actifed Plus interaction

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