Possible causes of pain on the right side of the neck include: subacute thyroiditis, thyroid cancer, cervical spondylosis, acute and chronic injuries and so on.
1. Subacute thyroiditis: Subacute thyroiditis is a kind of thyroiditis related to viral infection, mostly secondary to upper respiratory tract viral infection. It starts with pain in the thyroid area of the neck, mostly from one side. On palpation, the thyroid gland can also be found to be enlarged, stiff and painful.
2. Thyroid cancer: thyroid cancer is mainly manifested as enlarged thyroid gland at the early stage, and with the growth of tumor volume, it can irritate and compress the surrounding fascia and other soft tissues and cause neck and shoulder pain.
3. Cervical spondylosis: The degeneration of cervical vertebrae structure can cause radiating pain in the neck, shoulder or upper limb nerves when it compresses the cervical nerve root, which is called radicular cervical spondylosis.
4. Acute and chronic injuries of the neck: Sudden and violent turning of the neck may cause strains of the neck muscles and ligaments and cause pain, sedentary or long-term head down crowd due to the neck for a long time in a position is easy to cause chronic strain of the neck and pain.
Neck pain on the right side may also be due to other reasons such as falling pillow. If the symptoms are not relieved, it is recommended that the patient go to the hospital as soon as possible, as soon as possible to identify the cause of the disease to be treated accordingly.