Hello all, new here! Wanted to get any ideas of what may or may not be happening. Back in mid september I had a minor neck strain from what I guess was sleeping awkwardly. I woke up in a weird position and couldn’t really turn my neck to the right (sore, tense, and a really limited tight range of motion). I figured oh well, it was just a muscle strain that i’ve never really had this bad before. The very next morning I woke up with less soreness and I could feel my range of motion coming back but then all my symptoms hit together this exact day which was very telling, considering it was less than 24 hrs after my “strain”. Symptoms I have never felt before. No medical history or family history (late 20’s). Eye strain and pressure, new eyebrow headaches that are mostly there and dull, but sometimes hurt a little more randomly, off balance feeling, pulsatile tinnitus only when laying down on my side with ear down (left and right), head pressure, visible pulse in my neck on both sides but no major visible lumps, I am able to feel my pulse in a lot of places all around my face and head with my hands, and the biggest symptom is a pulsatile feeling in my neck on both sides that radiates through my neck and face and eyes that is constant and doesn’t seem to get significantly worse with laying down, bending over or standing. All symptoms are constant and only increase but never go away which is very odd, and these symptoms are obviously not normal especially for me considering they occurred all at once directly after this neck strain. At first was worried it was coming from my brain so I didn’t pay much attention to the neck origin and was able to get MRI, MRV, CT, and a CTA of my head and neck which was the only neck imaging I had. Also did some labs and an echo for my heart just to be sure and all normal. I was able to get a second review of the CTA and it showed some mild compression between my c1 and right styloid, while there was no contact on the left side. Styloids apparently measure 3cm on the right and 3.2 cm on the left. My CT does show this compression pretty decently in some of the slices which i’ll put below. I also noticed slight rotation in my c1 and c2 pulling upwards on the right. A UCC (NUCCA) also mentioned this rotation in their consultation and XRAYS without me pointing it out to them first. I am not sure what to do at this point or who to see (central TX). I am a huge believer that my neck strain caused a slight misalignment in my neck that my muscles locked into place and started to cause that vascular compression I feel. I could be wrong but who knows, I just don’t know where to go at this point. A UCC seems plausible but everywhere I read its either it has helped them or its a sham. Physicians i’ve seen before focusing on my neck where my GP, Neuro, ENT, and interventional spine specialist who just recently said Id be better off seeing a Cadiovascular Dr. I would like a CTV of my head and neck to accompany the CTA, ultrasound and possibly some dynamic imaging with flexion and extension but not sure what would be best with what I already have. Also to add, no sharp pain in my throat or breathing and swallowing trouble. What do y’all think, compression due to my c1-c2 rotation or a random sudden onset of eagles?
Wisdom teeth already pulled*
