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Suggest Treatment For Pain Around Carotid Artery, Under Jaw Radiating To Ear/shoulders
hi,
I have always had pain around my right side carotid artery, under my jaw, radiate to my ear, and my shoulders. Sometime i feel it is on the side of my throat. It is wearing me out, my memory is geting weaker and weaker, sometime i feel as if everything blocked as it affect my proper breathing and i dont feel i am relaxed...i am 49 by the way and i had this for few years now ... but it is geting worse and causing me to be rigid and stiff... can u tell me plz what i should do and what could be the diagnosis and what kind of doctors i should visit...
thx..
MK
I have always had pain around my right side carotid artery, under my jaw, radiate to my ear, and my shoulders. Sometime i feel it is on the side of my throat. It is wearing me out, my memory is geting weaker and weaker, sometime i feel as if everything blocked as it affect my proper breathing and i dont feel i am relaxed...i am 49 by the way and i had this for few years now ... but it is geting worse and causing me to be rigid and stiff... can u tell me plz what i should do and what could be the diagnosis and what kind of doctors i should visit...
thx..
MK
Sat, 30 Sep 2017
Hello MK!
I passed carefully through your question and would explain that your symptoms could be related to a temporo-mandibulary joint dysfunction or a bulging disc in the cervical vertebral column, causing radicular nerve pain in this region.
For this reason, I would recommend performing a cervical spine MRI study.
If this test results normal, I would recommend consulting with the ENT specialist for a physical exam of the temporo-mandibulary junction.
Anxiety could also play an important role on all this clinical scenario, too.
Hope you will find this answer helpful!
Kind regards,
Dr. Iliri
I passed carefully through your question and would explain that your symptoms could be related to a temporo-mandibulary joint dysfunction or a bulging disc in the cervical vertebral column, causing radicular nerve pain in this region.
For this reason, I would recommend performing a cervical spine MRI study.
If this test results normal, I would recommend consulting with the ENT specialist for a physical exam of the temporo-mandibulary junction.
Anxiety could also play an important role on all this clinical scenario, too.
Hope you will find this answer helpful!
Kind regards,
Dr. Iliri
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