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My head has a heartbeat i have a shunt ?
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Shunt feeling: It is not totally unusual for you to feel a heartbeat in your head when you have a shunt in place. If it persists go to your Neurosurgeon that installed the shunt or the E/R to be examined.
Answered 9/16/2017
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