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A member asked:
All day everyday when i touch my head i can feel my veins throbbing stongly! is this bad?
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No: You are most likely feeling the two arteries that run up each side of your head near the temples - the superficial temporal arteries. It is quite easy to feel your pulse in these two arteries.
Answered 5/4/2018
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