A 35-year-old member asked:
How would a blood clot in the head affect me?
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A Verified Doctoranswered
Rheumatology 54 years experience
See details: That is a cerebral thrombosis and can cause a stroke. The damage and neurologic deficit it causes depends on the area of the brain that the specific blood vessel supplies.
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A 47-year-old member asked:
Blood clot that go to you're head. What is the systems?
1 doctor answer • 4 doctors weighed in
Dr. Benjamin Lerneranswered
Vascular Surgery 21 years experience
Stroke: If a clot travels to your brain, you are at risk of having a stroke.
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A 24-year-old member asked:
Could an internal clicking in my head be connected to a blood clot?
2 doctor answers • 4 doctors weighed in
Dr. Felix Brizuelaanswered
Neurology 34 years experience
Doubt it: Honestly, i doubt it very much!
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Last updated Feb 27, 2021
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