# Associated Possible Symptoms Left Side of Neck (mostly failed hyoid bone syndrome surgery) **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Tags:** treatment, symptoms, internal-jugular-vei\ **Created:** [September 9, 2026, 12:53am UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/associated-possible-symptoms-left-side-of-neck-mostly-failed-hyoid-bone-syndrome-surgery/24293 "2026-09-09T00:53:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 13
**Author:** ![Isaiah\_40\_31](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwitheagle.org/isaiah_40_31/32/3054_2.png) [@Isaiah\_40\_31](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/u/Isaiah_40_31)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 12:28am UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/associated-possible-symptoms-left-side-of-neck-mostly-failed-hyoid-bone-syndrome-surgery/24293/13 "2026-09-10T00:28:31Z")
You definitely have IJV compression & it’s bilateral. Your left IJV is likely your dominant one as it’s substantially bigger than the right (though that doesn’t always determine dominance). I also suspect it’s dominant because of your left sided symptoms. Both appear to be compressed by your C1 vertebra w/ C2 possibly contributing on the left side. You have abundant collateral veins bilaterally. These develop to help the IJVs when they aren’t draining blood & toxins from your brain at an adequate pace that keeps up w/ the rate the carotids are taking freshly oxygenated blood into your brain. The symptoms of IJV compression are caused by high pressure in your brain (intracranial hypertension) that results from the sluggish outflow of blood from your brain due to IJV compression. Your right styloid is pretty dagger-like so I’m surprised you don’t have nerve symptoms on that side. The left styloid, though short, is thick & appears to have a “hook” on its tip which could be snagging on local nerves. It appears C2/C3 might be fused on the left side, however, that could be an anomalous imaging error. You also appear to have lost your lordotic cervical curve i.e your cervical spine is straight which can cause the upper cervical vertebrae to come into closer contact w/ the IJVs. The lordotic curve can be restored but it takes time & patience. Here’s a link to a post with good information about that: > [@List of my favourite resources on YouTube to learn anatomy](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/list-of-my-favourite-resources-on-youtube-to-learn-anatomy/10249/10): > > Thanks for these amazing resources @vdm! I’ll put myself back in school by watching them. wink I’m glad your favorite resource list is continuing to grow! Your hyoid bone looks really good, so I’d say your surgeon did a nice job with that. Do you mind sharing who did your surgery? We have members from time to time who need a referral for hyoid bone surgeries & only have 2-3 doctors on our Doctors List who deal w/ hyoid bone surgeries. ![Screenshot 2026-09-09 194709](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/uploads/ben_eagle/original/2X/d/d89223974440ca1aa9be11312d8d5fd48a6f71d6.jpeg) ![Screenshot 2026-09-09 194727](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/uploads/ben_eagle/original/2X/0/05ae346f3a4d7002842a2b9fbb414b82a6c4d888.jpeg) ![Screenshot 2026-09-09 195132](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/uploads/ben_eagle/original/2X/9/96eaccc67dc40b2b7468cdc3c02d2c616b1a0009.jpeg) ![Screenshot 2026-09-09 195034](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/uploads/ben_eagle/original/2X/4/4505df5acd8da4ba47cffeb0bb567da8aaf86ef9.jpeg) ![Screenshot 2026-09-09 195132-2](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/uploads/ben_eagle/original/2X/8/8e5cc226750b0c4d11113fb17e203750c9398584.jpeg) ![Cervical Curve Military vs Normal](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/uploads/ben_eagle/original/2X/8/89689a65b8d3bc54f760c53a4fc2cbe0e51d1786.jpeg) --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/associated-possible-symptoms-left-side-of-neck-mostly-failed-hyoid-bone-syndrome-surgery/24293)._