# Needing advice about IJV compression **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [August 12, 2021, 10:07pm UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/needing-advice-about-ijv-compression/9831 "2021-08-12T22:07:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**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:** [August 12, 2021, 10:33pm UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/needing-advice-about-ijv-compression/9831/2 "2021-08-12T22:33:20Z")
Hi Eagle1, Thank you for your update. I’m so glad to hear that you have confirmation of the major cause of your symptoms - IJV compression, but am sorry it’s a bit of a complicated case. We have quite a number of members who have/had C-1/styloid compression. In some of the cases, getting the styloid removed was all that was needed to end the compression but in others, the C-1 needed to be shaved down or otherwise modified to allow more room for the jugular vein. There are very few surgeons in the US who do the C-1 surgery. TheDude sent us link to a YouTube video of a C-1 surgery that was done by a neurologist in Arizona. He went in expecting to remove the styloid but found the problem was compression by a nerve & the C-1. Barrow Neurological Institute would be a place you could try contacting if Dr. Hepworth feels he can’t be of help. > [@WARNING - GRAPHIC VISUAL INFORMATION: IJV Compression - Another Point of View](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/warning-graphic-visual-information-ijv-compression-another-point-of-view/9579): > > Below is a link to a YouTube video which discusses & partially shows the decompression of IJV compression in a person who has Eagle Syndrome. In this case, the elongated styloid process was not at fault for the compression. I am providing this information because we’ve had several members who have had IJV compression which was assumed to be caused by styloid elongation, but in the end, the cause of the problem had another source, & thus, styloid removal did not allow the IJV to re-open. If you … --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/needing-advice-about-ijv-compression/9831)._