Sizzling noise coming from neck

[mrwizardno2]

I hate when people start really interesting / weird threads and then NEVER come back to update us with the results. It's like reading a book and then never getting around to the last 3 chapters, or like watching a really intense TV show, and then getting the dreaded "To Be Continued..." message.

What a let down MrWizard.

I'll be back to finish this in another 8-10 years, assuming Mac Rumors is still around. Antici....

This thread will outlive cockroaches.

The OP probably overdosed on bacon and didn't make it this far and so there's a grave somewhere making a sizzling sound.

Best. Post. Ever. Negative on the bacon OD. If I do 'go' that's definitely the way I'd prefer! Mmmmmm. Bacon.

An update for the rest of you thread necros: My neck still sizzles. I'm nearly 32. No fancy number thing for my age this time. Seriously, I'm replying to a thread from 2009....

I went to the doc for this years ago. As you might expect, she looked at me like I was bat-sht crazy. I explained it a few times, but nothing ever came of it that I can remember. She listened to my neck. Looked down my throat. Stuck a finger in my... uhhhh. Wait, no, that last part didn't happen. I got the good once-over, but she couldn't explain what it was. Just the standard hypothesis that the noise comes from my esophagus.

Whether related or not, a few years later I was treated for severe migraines (apparently intensely allergic to Aspartame) and as a result had a fancy CT scan (I think they do something with a computer) of my noggin to make sure nothing scary was happening in there. The doc jokingly told me "Well, we see something." Apparently she didn't think through how terrifying those initial words were. What she corrected herself to say after seeing my horrified look was "You can tell your friends your head isn't empty, we can confirm - you have a brain."

I stopped worrying about whatever the sizzling could be after that.

 

[Stevetrig]

Okay, so I swear I'm not crazy.... or at least not TOO crazy. Anyway, today here at work, I'm talking to my team lead and my neck starts doing this sizzling thing. Right from the base of my neck where it meets the skull, there's this sizzly / tingly / think french fries in hot oil weird sound coming out... and he can hear it, too. He says he has the same thing.

I've googled, I've web-md'd, and I can't find crap on this. I've not asked my doctor about it, but I'm going to. Anyone else have this?

It's not a sound coming from bones, or from turning your head. Don't say arthritis, because that's not it either. It's like it comes right out of my spine. I'm 22, going on 23 on the 24th of this month... and these noises didn't really start until I was like 18 or 19. They usually come on when I'm super hungry. My stomach growls with hunger pain, and then I hear the sizzles.

So, do you have the same thing? Know what it is? Am I really crazy, or what?

I have the exact same thing. No idea what it is. That's how I found this decided to google it

 

[Awsti]

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UOTE="mrwizardno2, post: 4901684, member: 111161"]I've never really thought much of it... simply because it never seemed threatening and only happens when I'm hungry. Wouldn't have noticed it again today, but I managed to skip breakfast and was starving.

The only problem, is my doctor is going to look at me like I'm a friggin nutcase. I can't exactly reproduce the problem very easily, either.

So, no one else with the same hissing spine?[/QUOTE]
I have it too when I'm super hungry. Happens a lot. Like pop rocks ... just the sound. Literally going on right now.

 

[Huntn]

I did a quick search on this thinking for sure there would be a Web MD kind of entry describing the issue and all I found were multiple posts of people complaining of this, asking what could it be, and reports of doctors looking at me, like I was crazy. Although one person referenced percolating spinal fluid, and another attributed it an old neck injury.

Now I admit that after experimenting and listening, I can hear subtle clicks and pop rock kind of noises when I turn my head, realize I've always heard this and never thought much about it, must be ligaments or such adjusting themselves. I would not describe the sound as sizzling.

 

[Roller]

I did a quick search on this thinking for sure there would be a Web MD kind of entry describing the issue and all I found were multiple posts of people complaining of this, asking what could it be, and reports of doctors looking at me, like I was crazy. Although one person referenced percolating spinal fluid, and another attributed it an old neck injury.

Now I admit that after experimenting and listening, I can hear subtle clicks and pop rock kind of noises when I turn my head, realize I've always heard this and never thought much about it, must be ligaments or such adjusting themselves. I would not describe the sound as sizzling.

The human body produces a cacophony of sound, from heart beats (caused by turbulent blood flow as valves open and shut) to GI tract borborygmi (mostly caused by intestinal gas moving along). Of course, sounds are also produced as said gas exits the body, but I'll leave that for another discussion. The sounds you're hearing are probably related to moving ligaments and tendons.

 

[Tiffany_J]

Okay, so I swear I'm not crazy.... or at least not TOO crazy. Anyway, today here at work, I'm talking to my team lead and my neck starts doing this sizzling thing. Right from the base of my neck where it meets the skull, there's this sizzly / tingly / think french fries in hot oil weird sound coming out... and he can hear it, too. He says he has the same thing.

I've googled, I've web-md'd, and I can't find crap on this. I've not asked my doctor about it, but I'm going to. Anyone else have this?

It's not a sound coming from bones, or from turning your head. Don't say arthritis, because that's not it either. It's like it comes right out of my spine. I'm 22, going on 23 on the 24th of this month... and these noises didn't really start until I was like 18 or 19. They usually come on when I'm super hungry. My stomach growls with hunger pain, and then I hear the sizzles.

So, do you have the same thing? Know what it is? Am I really crazy, or what?

I've had thid since i was a kid. Ive also been curious. Its not a constant thing. Also it normally happens when i am at rest and nothing is moving in the head neck area, like resting in bed with my head on a pillow.

 

[M3ganBral3y]

Hello!!
The SAME thing happens to me.
It only happens when I don't eat and my stomach is painfully hungry. Then if I am laying down I hear waves of what sounds like pop rocks (the candy) in my head.
It doesn't hurt and doesn't pose a threat but it's strange because I don't know what causes it. I have no medical conditions, healthy as a horse at 20 years of age.
Never have brought it up to my doctor cause it's not a problem. It's just......weird

 

[cdcastillo]

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UOTE="mrwizardno2, post: 4901684, member: 111161"]I've never really thought much of it... simply because it never seemed threatening and only happens when I'm hungry. Wouldn't have noticed it again today, but I managed to skip breakfast and was starving.

The only problem, is my doctor is going to look at me like I'm a friggin nutcase. I can't exactly reproduce the problem very easily, either.

So, no one else with the same hissing spine?

I have it too when I'm super hungry. Happens a lot. Like pop rocks ... just the sound. Literally going on right now.[/QUOTE]

I did a quick search on this thinking for sure there would be a Web MD kind of entry describing the issue and all I found were multiple posts of people complaining of this, asking what could it be, and reports of doctors looking at me, like I was crazy. Although one person referenced percolating spinal fluid, and another attributed it an old neck injury.

Now I admit that after experimenting and listening, I can hear subtle clicks and pop rock kind of noises when I turn my head, realize I've always heard this and never thought much about it, must be ligaments or such adjusting themselves. I would not describe the sound as sizzling.

The human body produces a cacophony of sound, from heart beats (caused by turbulent blood flow as valves open and shut) to GI tract borborygmi (mostly caused by intestinal gas moving along). Of course, sounds are also produced as said gas exits the body, but I'll leave that for another discussion. The sounds you're hearing are probably related to moving ligaments and tendons.

I've had thid since i was a kid. Ive also been curious. Its not a constant thing. Also it normally happens when i am at rest and nothing is moving in the head neck area, like resting in bed with my head on a pillow.

Hello!!
The SAME thing happens to me.
It only happens when I don't eat and my stomach is painfully hungry. Then if I am laying down I hear waves of what sounds like pop rocks (the candy) in my head.
It doesn't hurt and doesn't pose a threat but it's strange because I don't know what causes it. I have no medical conditions, healthy as a horse at 20 years of age.
Never have brought it up to my doctor cause it's not a problem. It's just......weird

Guys, just in case you posted before reading all the thread: The "sizzling" sound is caused by tiny bubbles of gas coming up from the stomach throug the esophagus and being amplified in your throat, it seems to be coming from the spine but it's not ligaments nor tendons. It happens more often in an empty stomach and when lying down, but it is not exclusive to this situations.

Just drink some water, it will go away and will later come back. It is not a disease, it is part of the sounds the human body make, we just do not pay attention at all times.

 

[Huntn]

Guys, just in case you posted before reading all the thread: The "sizzling" sound is caused by tiny bubbles of gas coming up from the stomach throug the esophagus and being amplified in your throat, it seems to be coming from the spine but it's not ligaments nor tendons. It happens more often in an empty stomach and when lying down, but it is not exclusive to this situations.

Just drink some water, it will go away and will later come back. It is not a disease, it is part of the sounds the human body make, we just do not pay attention at all times.

I disagree in my case. Just now in response to your post , I turned my head and heard/felt clicky, sizzily noises directly as a result of me turning my head, coming from my neck, and only when turning my head. I am very confident this is not gas bubbles coming from my stomach.

 

[Allyance]

I know the sound, not sure it is related to my primary problem:
Multilevel moderate to advanced degenerative changes including degenerative disc disease, facet arthropathy and uncovertebral hypertrophy which cause narrowing of the neural foramina on the right from C4-C5 through C6-C7 and on the left from C3-C4 through C5-C6.
Not sure of your age (I am 73), but if you are worried, get a set of neck x-rays, that is how I found my problem, hard time turning head to left and constant mild pain, not much I can do, but I haven't given up riding my 800cc sport bike!

 

[MacNut]

I disagree in my case. Just now in response to your post , I turned my head and heard/felt clicky, sizzily noises directly as a result of me turning my head, coming from my neck, and only when turning my head. I am very confident this is not gas bubbles coming from my stomach.

I get cracking from turning my neck. I just assume it's what happens when you age.

 

[cdcastillo]

I disagree in my case. Just now in response to your post , I turned my head and heard/felt clicky, sizzily noises directly as a result of me turning my head, coming from my neck, and only when turning my head. I am very confident this is not gas bubbles coming from my stomach.

Then again, yours is not the same "problem" this thread has been chasing down. To put it another way: there are lots of sources of body noises, and cervical arthrosis is certainly one of them, with grinding, clicky noises. That's what you have and is related to movement of the cervical spine. I'm not saying EVERY body noise is caused by gas bubbles coming from the stomach.

This thread is about a sizzling sound (like the one you get when you put a steak in the grill), not related to movement, and is more common in the morning or after long fasting periods.

 

[Huntn]

Then again, yours is not the same "problem" this thread has been chasing down. To put it another way: there are lots of sources of body noises, and cervical arthrosis is certainly one of them, with grinding, clicky noises. That's what you have and is related to movement of the cervical spine. I'm not saying EVERY body noise is caused by gas bubbles coming from the stomach.

This thread is about a sizzling sound (like the one you get when you put a steak in the grill), not related to movement, and is more common in the morning or after long fasting periods.

In my case the noise is subtle enough that that it could be described as sizzling.

 

[Erin.cooney]

Okay, so I swear I'm not crazy.... or at least not TOO crazy. Anyway, today here at work, I'm talking to my team lead and my neck starts doing this sizzling thing. Right from the base of my neck where it meets the skull, there's this sizzly / tingly / think french fries in hot oil weird sound coming out... and he can hear it, too. He says he has the same thing.

I've googled, I've web-md'd, and I can't find crap on this. I've not asked my doctor about it, but I'm going to. Anyone else have this?

It's not a sound coming from bones, or from turning your head. Don't say arthritis, because that's not it either. It's like it comes right out of my spine. I'm 22, going on 23 on the 24th of this month... and these noises didn't really start until I was like 18 or 19. They usually come on when I'm super hungry. My stomach growls with hunger pain, and then I hear the sizzles.

So, do you have the same thing? Know what it is? Am I really crazy, or what?

[doublepost=1514155782][/doublepost]did you ever figure out what it was, I know it's like 10 years latter, but your post was the closest thing I've found on line to discribe the noise I'm hearing.

 

[jtara]

Been to Cuba lately?

Work in the diplomatic service?

 

[Gutwrench]

My knees sound like they’re playing Dueling Banjos. Is it serious?
[doublepost=1514175450][/doublepost]

The "sizzling" sound is caused by tiny bubbles of gas coming up from the stomach throug the esophagus and being amplified in your throat...

Do the gas bubbles inflate the skin under the chin too? I guess all the female frogs can hop back to the pond then?

 

[0388631]

How fast do you have to swing your legs around to hear The Devil Went Down to Georgia?

 

[Costello]

I was so tired of not being believed about this issue. Usually happens when I am hungry or laying down. I used a small microphone and placed it down to the back of my throat to capture the sound. In the attached video, you’ll hear my stomach gurgle, then the squirting/fizzing sound:

What the hell is wrong with us?

 

[Cgard]

Hmmm, it's not really any certain way the neck is. It's just a noise that happens, like something sizzling.... no movement required.

Hi there. I have the exact same fizzing sound, did you ever find out what it is and do you still have the sound in the back of your head?
[doublepost=1515559946][/doublepost]

I have the Sizzling Sound too!!

I have the sizzling sound in my head too, please watch this video about it and comment under the video. Let's figure this out.

Hi there, I have been suffering from this fizzing sound at the back of my head too. Usually happens in the morning or when I am lying down. Do you still have this fizzing sound and do you know what it is caused from? Your help would be greatly appreciated. Regards

 

[Candices]

I've never really thought much of it... simply because it never seemed threatening and only happens when I'm hungry. Wouldn't have noticed it again today, but I managed to skip breakfast and was starving.

The only problem, is my doctor is going to look at me like I'm a friggin nutcase. I can't exactly reproduce the problem very easily, either.

So, no one else with the same hissing spine?

[doublepost=1517542593][/doublepost]Did you ever find out what this was? I get the same noise and found your forum when I was trying to google what the noise was

 

[Acidification neck]

I have this too. Neck fizzing like a rainstick. I had a dr hear it and all he could say was it's bone grinding on bone. I also have cervical spondylitis(degenerative disc disease) but that doesn't explain the sound ! I am shocked and frustrated that hundreds of us have it and no decent explanation

 

[cdcastillo]

Hi there. I have the exact same fizzing sound, did you ever find out what it is and do you still have the sound in the back of your head?
[doublepost=1515559946][/doublepost]


Hi there, I have been suffering from this fizzing sound at the back of my head too. Usually happens in the morning or when I am lying down. Do you still have this fizzing sound and do you know what it is caused from? Your help would be greatly appreciated. Regards

[doublepost=1517542593][/doublepost]
Did you ever find out what this was? I get the same noise and found your forum when I was trying to google what the noise was

I have this too. Neck fizzing like a rainstick. I had a dr hear it and all he could say was it's bone grinding on bone. I also have cervical spondylitis(degenerative disc disease) but that doesn't explain the sound ! I am shocked and frustrated that hundreds of us have it and no decent explanation

I get the distinct impression that you have not (didn´t want to) read the previous posts (after all, they are more than 4 pages). I have stated on a couple ocassions that:

1. It is gas microbubbles escaping from the stomach through the oesophagus (very akin to gas bubbles escaping from soda). It is related to an empty stomach and the position of the head related to the position of the stomach. If you drink or eat anything it will subside.
2. It is not dangerous, nor by itself indicates the presence of any serious disease.
3. This only applies to the sizzling noise everyone of us have heard at one point and has been described once and again in this forum. The body has many other (similar and different) noises, and people pay different grades of attention to them.

Anyhow, take what you want, believe what you want and keep worrying if that is what validates you.

 

[AbadO]

Okay, so I swear I'm not crazy.... or at least not TOO crazy. Anyway, today here at work, I'm talking to my team lead and my neck starts doing this sizzling thing. Right from the base of my neck where it meets the skull, there's this sizzly / tingly / think french fries in hot oil weird sound coming out... and he can hear it, too. He says he has the same thing.

I've googled, I've web-md'd, and I can't find crap on this. I've not asked my doctor about it, but I'm going to. Anyone else have this?

It's not a sound coming from bones, or from turning your head. Don't say arthritis, because that's not it either. It's like it comes right out of my spine. I'm 22, going on 23 on the 24th of this month... and these noises didn't really start until I was like 18 or 19. They usually come on when I'm super hungry. My stomach growls with hunger pain, and then I hear the sizzles.

So, do you have the same thing? Know what it is? Am I really crazy, or what?

Bro, i know exactly what u're talking about and have the same thing, this is the "Brain-Gas" you have" most probably. Do you have IBS or suffer from excessive gases? if yes then it is the cause. for treatment get yourself Probiotics pills and clean your diet and you shall be fine. Trust me on this. i have the same and after Probiotics all good as old days, the Bad bacteria in the intense does it all. Read about it. Good luck

 

[AbadO]

Hi there. I have the exact same fizzing sound, did you ever find out what it is and do you still have the sound in the back of your head?
[doublepost=1515559946][/doublepost]


Hi there, I have been suffering from this fizzing sound at the back of my head too. Usually happens in the morning or when I am lying down. Do you still have this fizzing sound and do you know what it is caused from? Your help would be greatly appreciated. Regards

Did you take any antibiotics lately?? Everything you described is happening to me since 4-5 months, i recommend you check your DIGESTIVE SYSTEM. all symptoms are connected (Anxiety, Depression, neck spasm and sizzling noises), you might have BACTERIAL IMBALANCE which causing everything. Good luck!

 

[Tgun]

Did u ever figure it out. I have the same thing.
[doublepost=1521910864][/doublepost]I have the same thing guys wondering if we all have chiari malformation. If anyone has any information on this plz let us know. Im thinking about doing a neck mri n head