Yes, lots of your symptoms can be caused by ES, here’s a link to the post about common symptoms and possible explanations:
ES Information: Common Symptoms And Possible Explanations For Them - Welcome / Newbies Guide to Eagle Syndrome - Living with Eagle
And a member did a survey a while ago so here’s a link:
Survey Results - Welcome / Newbies Guide to Eagle Syndrome - Living with Eagle
If you have a read of those you’ll see that most of your symptoms have been experienced by others!
The onset of symptoms varies alot- some members have found their come on literally overnight, laying wrong or having an injury, even laughing or sneezing can bring the symptoms on suddenly. Others find theirs come on slowly, & sometimes it’s only after they’re diagnosed & read up on ES that they realise they’ve had them for years. The skull base & neck is such a tight space, that even a small growth (length or width) or change of angle slightly can then bring the styloids into contact with nerves or blood vessels. One of the openings in the skull base next to where the styloids are is where several nerves and the internal Jugular vein exit the brain, so it’s not surprising that it’s easy for them to compress or irritate structures…Your styloids are pretty long (doctors don’t agree on the ‘average’, but it’s considered anywhere between 1.5-4cms long, so yours are well over that). The thickness and the angle cause symptoms too.
I had a gradual build up of symptoms- jaw, ear, tooth pain, pain turning neck- but the vascular symptoms came on suddenly, I was diagnosed with a prolapsed disc C5-C6, which I think shifted things slightly causing jugular vein compression. I have never had the throat pain or pain swallowing which are the two most common symptoms!
I hope that Dr Elliot can help you, I think given your symptoms & length of styloids it’s certainly worth looking into ES.
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