My 11yr. old has neck pain and bad cough.....?

She went to the dr. for the cough and sinus pain, they diagnosed it as a sinus infection again (this is the second month that she has it, the first time it didn't go away even after antibotic treatment). She has a deep, loud cough but nothing else. Except for this neck pain on one side, that she woke up with. She was walking around yesterday with a crooked neck all day. It even hurts her when she coughs. I felt her neck it feels swollen a little and can feel a pea size bump (it rolls around) where the muscle feels tight. Do you think it could be a cyst or infection in the neck? Or just a plain old pulled muscle? I plan on takeing her to the dr. in the morning.......There is family history of a connective tissue disorders (I have it).

Not to scare you, but, has your area had any cases of reported Menengitis? There are areas in CA, right now, that the children DO have it, and it is called an epidemic. Can your daughter touch her chest with her chin? That is one of the tests that some doctors give. Sinus pain can be really painful, and the coughing is so hard, when the throat is so sore. I do hope you get her to a doctor who is open to other reasons than just the sinus infection (and I KNOW sinus infections are horribly painful.)..........keep all the fluids you can get into her going down, for sure.

From the sounds of it I would have her evaluated for meningitis or torticullis, possibly retropharyngeal abscess.

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