Need Your Help! I have severe pain around the back of the neck these three days. I'm okay for half a day. But after five or six hours of reading and writing, the neck begins to pain, so painful that sometimes I couldn't even sit or stand up. This suddenly occurred to me three days ago. Last two days I carefully examined this symptom and noticed that the right side of the neck looks slightly swollen and hardened, along with the right shoulder (when I touch these parts, I feel this palpably); but it's not quite feverish and I'm not feverish at all. The eye pressure seems a little bit higher than usual; this doesn't yet cause headache, but the eye sockets itch very slightly. Pain becomes bearable and imperceptible when I lie on the bed, with a pillow beneath my head; but when I stand up, it comes back quickly. After a few hours of rest on the bed, pain disappears to some extent. I'm afraid this becomes chronic and even gets worse. Where should I go to get a doctor's opinion? Is UCI Student Health Center helpful? How expensive is it?
