Please explain what it means if you can see an artery pulsing through your skin?
Thin Skinned? It means you're alive. It could also mean your heart is pumping hard to compensate for a heart valve leak. But don't freak. A lot of people can see their arteries pulsing, especially in the neck or wrist or even the groin area. but if you are concerned go see a doc and it'll be figured-out pretty quick. If you have any weird symptoms like shortness of breath or chest pain, that would up the ante.
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- Hi I have a visible pulsing artery on my pens when it is erect. It runs from the base to the head is this normal? Also after ejaculating and I go flaccid I can see a pulse coming through the skin around the Same area as the artery. Is this a spasm.
- I noticed we primarily only see the blue veins near the skin. How come we don't see the pulsing artery?
- The last 10 days my right hand palm by my thumb has been hurting. There's an artery visible on the skin surface and u can see it pulsing, what to do?
- Why does my superficial temporal artery and the arteries around my neck pulsate when I lie down on the side of my head? This happens every time..
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- I can feel a bulging vein or artery on my temples and when I feel them they pulsate. Not that visible unless I stretch my skin. Slight headaches.
- Occasional strong throbbing carotid arteries. Past basic neuroexam says im fine. I feel faint during, just anxiety? Head mri, eeg, echo scheduled to ease me
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- Is it normal to be able to see your artery In neck pulsing. Mine on the left hurts neck feels numb throat sore scared I have a carotid anurysm. Help?