inha
15-08-15, 20:16
Hello,
so first a trigger warning, if you think you might get triggered by stroke/brain problem fear, this might not help you... I'm leaving a blank if you want to back off.
I'm totally freaking out after reading a lot of medical articles and journals about carotid artery dissection. The artery can be dissected and the stroke occur only days or weeks later. Patients mainly present with headache, neck pain and facial pain exactly where I'm hurting right now. I've had the headache for 6 days on and off, from waking, and my neck as been hurting as well as my jaw, up to my ear and then my temple (precisely what I read on diverse medical websites).
Sometimes the artery can be dissected and the only sign is the stroke that ends up occuring. It's the leading cause of strokes in people under 30.
I keep checking my face for Horner syndrome (droopy eyelid and small pupil), freaking out over numbness in my arms, taste problems...
I just can't find a reassuring information and I've been googling rather rationally trying to understand the problem and see exactly what I don't have. This fear is just tricky. The only evidence I have againt artery dissection and for muscle pain, is that it started spreading to my shoulder and arm, which might mean tension.
I'm desperate because I know this isn't a well-known condition, and strokes are so rare in young people, that I'm scared even the hospital would overlook it. I'm afraid I might have the stroke during my sleep.
To be precise, the pain is located on the left side, on the back and side of the neck (where the carotid artery is), goes up to my jaw and ear, stops there and it hurts again around the temple and eye. It sounds like a migraine, except it's been on and off (like it never really left me) for a long time and the neck pain is just weird. During the first few days of this I had visual disturbances such as flashing lights/colorful shapes, in a very fleeting manner.
I would be very grateful if someone could tell me about his or her experience with a similar pain, I really don't know what to do except wait for my stroke...
Thank you !
so first a trigger warning, if you think you might get triggered by stroke/brain problem fear, this might not help you... I'm leaving a blank if you want to back off.
I'm totally freaking out after reading a lot of medical articles and journals about carotid artery dissection. The artery can be dissected and the stroke occur only days or weeks later. Patients mainly present with headache, neck pain and facial pain exactly where I'm hurting right now. I've had the headache for 6 days on and off, from waking, and my neck as been hurting as well as my jaw, up to my ear and then my temple (precisely what I read on diverse medical websites).
Sometimes the artery can be dissected and the only sign is the stroke that ends up occuring. It's the leading cause of strokes in people under 30.
I keep checking my face for Horner syndrome (droopy eyelid and small pupil), freaking out over numbness in my arms, taste problems...
I just can't find a reassuring information and I've been googling rather rationally trying to understand the problem and see exactly what I don't have. This fear is just tricky. The only evidence I have againt artery dissection and for muscle pain, is that it started spreading to my shoulder and arm, which might mean tension.
I'm desperate because I know this isn't a well-known condition, and strokes are so rare in young people, that I'm scared even the hospital would overlook it. I'm afraid I might have the stroke during my sleep.
To be precise, the pain is located on the left side, on the back and side of the neck (where the carotid artery is), goes up to my jaw and ear, stops there and it hurts again around the temple and eye. It sounds like a migraine, except it's been on and off (like it never really left me) for a long time and the neck pain is just weird. During the first few days of this I had visual disturbances such as flashing lights/colorful shapes, in a very fleeting manner.
I would be very grateful if someone could tell me about his or her experience with a similar pain, I really don't know what to do except wait for my stroke...
Thank you !