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A 50-year-old female asked:

Hearing heart beat in left ear, neck throbbing, sharp pain from neck to ear at times. what could this be?

1 doctor answer1 doctor weighed in
Dr. Oscar Novick
Pediatrics 60 years experience
Heart beat: You are hearing the blood streaming through the blood vessels located near your ears.Throbbing and pain is also due to blood flow probably at a rapid rate.
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