char2mar
Well-known member
Hi
I haven't posted for a long time. I have been fairly stable over the past year but two days ago I got this wicked headache while at work. It was so bad that I got sick to my stomache. The headache lasted all day and night. No amount of over the counter pain meds helped. The next day the headache pain demished some what but then out of the blue I experienced this pulsating stabbing pain on the right side of my neck in the carotid artery area. I pressed my fingers onto the artery and the pain ripping through my neck happened with every heart beat. This lasted for about 30 minutes then it settled down. Later on that evening I had another episode. Then again today. I also had a few dizzy spells and some ringing in my ear (right side). At the moment I feel another killer headache coming on and my neck pain has come back (still pulsating). I have a BAV with a dialated acsending aorta. Could it be related? Could I be having a dissection of the internal carotid artery? Could it be some freaky wacked out form of migraine??? This happened once before (2005) and it resolved itself and I never did find out what it was. Just wondering if ayone out there experienced this before. Could it be heart related...I don't want to go to the ER...they will probably think I'm crazy....but damn does it hurt....Any suggestions on what it could be....
Char
I haven't posted for a long time. I have been fairly stable over the past year but two days ago I got this wicked headache while at work. It was so bad that I got sick to my stomache. The headache lasted all day and night. No amount of over the counter pain meds helped. The next day the headache pain demished some what but then out of the blue I experienced this pulsating stabbing pain on the right side of my neck in the carotid artery area. I pressed my fingers onto the artery and the pain ripping through my neck happened with every heart beat. This lasted for about 30 minutes then it settled down. Later on that evening I had another episode. Then again today. I also had a few dizzy spells and some ringing in my ear (right side). At the moment I feel another killer headache coming on and my neck pain has come back (still pulsating). I have a BAV with a dialated acsending aorta. Could it be related? Could I be having a dissection of the internal carotid artery? Could it be some freaky wacked out form of migraine??? This happened once before (2005) and it resolved itself and I never did find out what it was. Just wondering if ayone out there experienced this before. Could it be heart related...I don't want to go to the ER...they will probably think I'm crazy....but damn does it hurt....Any suggestions on what it could be....
Char