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Blood clot in neck artery symptoms

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Dr. Albert Pizzo
Family Medicine 62 years experience
Compulsive activeity: Yes this could cause harm. Do you know why you are doing this? Talk to your doctor about this compulsive condition as it may be a symptom of a signif... Read More
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Dr. Joshi Aditi
Specializes in General Practice
Yes: Why are you doing that? Is it pure curiosity or something you can't help doing? Either way you could damage it or throw a blood clot and cause a strok... Read More
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A 25-year-old male asked:
Dr. Steven Simon
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 40 years experience
Yes: It should do this, but a dye study would be a better test for greater accuracy
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A 21-year-old male asked:
Dr. John Michel
Family Medicine 48 years experience
Pain and swelling.: A clot in the neck most likely would occur in a major vessel. No hx as to why you ask. The vessesls are large and the blood clot in a major vessel is ... Read More
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Dr. Sheila Calderon
Internal Medicine 43 years experience
Stroke: Blood clots in the carotid artery usually come from atrial fibrillation in the heart and can move to the brain. See your doctor to check for a caroti... Read More
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A female asked:
Dr. Joel Teig
47 years experience
Similar feelings: Both a blood clot in the neck and a pinched nerve of the neck can both cause pain and have similar painful feelings.
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A 48-year-old male asked:
Dr. Amrita Dosanjh
Pediatric Allergy and Asthma 38 years experience
COVID 19/flu: At the hospital, they may have ruled out influenza and COVID 19. Other causes may include an allergic reaction which resolved. If there was a new expo... Read More
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A 54-year-old female asked:
Dr. Michael Dugan
Specializes in Hematology
Aterial clot: Usually causes a tissue infarction (ie in the heart an mi or heart attack). Contrast to venous clot in the leg which can embolize to the small vessel... Read More
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A 20-year-old male asked:
Dr. Marion Mcfarland
Emergency Medicine 49 years experience
Swelling or pain: Depends if it happens fast prover time.Is fast or acute there would be immediate severe pain and swelling with cold or hot feeling depending if it is ... Read More
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A 59-year-old male asked:
Dr. James Ferguson
Pediatrics 48 years experience
outcome: A clot in an artery prevents blood flow to an area and if persistent, that area will begin to go through cell death.(gangrene) a clot in a vein can ba... Read More
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A 68-year-old female asked:
Dr. Gurmukh Singh
Pathology 51 years experience
No. Extra ribs are not uncommon and do not cause any illness.
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A 33-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jason Huffman
Orthopedic Spine Surgery 25 years experience
Yes: A blood clot in the leg is typically in a vein and if it dislodges it may go to the heart. Most of the time it will pass through the heart and go to t... Read More
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