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Similar to a [[Pain in the Butt|pain in the butt]], a '''pain in the neck''' is a pain caused by either an annoying situation ([[Prior Authorization|prior authorization]] or [[Charting|charting]]) or a person ([[July Intern|intern]], [[Karen Weaselsnout-Jones|medical student]], or Darth Vader).<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2017/05/divine-intervention/ God Requires Prior Authorization Before Divine Intervention (Gomerblog)]</ref><ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2017/02/prior-authorization-eternity/ Study: Average Wait Time for Prior Authorization is Eternity (Gomerblog)]</ref><ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2015/11/prior-authorization-now-requires-prior-authorization/ Prior Authorization Now Requires Prior Authorization (Gomerblog)]</ref><ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2017/01/krebs-cycle-whoop-de-doo/ Med Student Knows Krebs Cycle, Whoop-De-Doo (Gomerblog)]</ref><ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2017/01/damn-krebs-cycle/ Med Student Wastes Dying Patient’s Last Moments on Earth Talking About Damn Krebs Cycle (Gomerblog)]</ref><ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2017/03/oxidative-phosphorylation/ Med Student Yammering About Oxidative Phosphorylation, Kill Us Now (Gomerblog)]</ref>


'''Treatment'''
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First-line treatment is removal of the annoying source.  If this cannot be done and the '''pain in the neck''' persists, then second-line treatment is laminectomy.


'''Related Reading'''
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* [[Cervical Collar]]
* [[Dislocated Shoulder]]
* [[Head & Shoulders]]
* [[Headache]]
* [[Lambinectomy]]
* [[Leg Pain]]
* [[Neck Brace]]
* [[Pain and Suffering]]
* [[Pain in the Butt]]
* [[Pain is the 5th Vital Sign]]
* [[Pain Train]]
* [[Shoulder Pain]]
* [[The Silence of the Laminectomies]]


'''References'''
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