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Hello. i've been having a clicking noise in the back of my head for a long time now and i'm getting worried can you help? it's constant. thank you.

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Dr. Matt Wachsman answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Tricky: cannot say in your particular case without being there. And, there is a division between clicking that is constant (heart/vessels) or intermittant (bones/joints including those in the neck and those in the middle ear).

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Answered 9/8/2015

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A member asked:

Hello. i've been having a clicking noise in the back of my head for a long time now and i'm getting worried can you help? it's constant. thank you.

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Matt Wachsman answered

Dr Kwok and another doctor agreed

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