# What are most common symptoms of Eagle Syndrome **URL:** \ **Category:** Bens Friends\ **Created:** [August 16, 2020, 2:25pm UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/what-are-most-common-symptoms-of-eagle-syndrome/7713 "2020-08-16T14:25:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![eastmas1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@eastmas1](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/u/eastmas1)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 2:25pm UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/what-are-most-common-symptoms-of-eagle-syndrome/7713/1 "2020-08-16T14:25:50Z")
I’d be interested to know most common symptoms of Eagle Syndrome and if anybody has been able to manage ES without surgery and perhaps medication or other therapies? ---
**Author:** ![Jules](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwitheagle.org/jules/32/404_2.png) [@Jules](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/u/Jules)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 6:54pm UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/what-are-most-common-symptoms-of-eagle-syndrome/7713/2 "2020-08-16T18:54:56Z")
A member quite a while ago did a survey; if you can open it here’s the results: > [@Survey Results](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/survey-results/1373): > > [ES Survey Results.pdf](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/uploads/ben_eagle/original/2X/e/eaeb14db640e0a73458e0b34c23b017f8ebc9165.pdf) (120.7 KB) One of our members, Ang1, organised a survey on survey monkey a while ago. The results were published at the time in a discussion, but unfortunately with the switchover the link seems to have been lost. So this is a copy of the results. It was only a small survey though; just 20 people, but well worth reading to see the variety of symptoms we have! Thanks Ang1 for organising this! I think pain swallowing, feeling of something stuck in the throat, pain turning head, ear & facial pain seem to be the most common symptoms from what we see on here. Some members have managed symptoms without surgery; the steroid/ lidocaine injections into the area have helped some members, others have managed with nerve pain medications. But usually symptoms seem to worsen with time & people do end up having surgery. It’s a personal decision, I left mine for over a year & was okay with that, but then I started getting vascular symptoms & feeling very ill, so the time was right to look into surgery. If you have vascular symptoms, then I don’t think personally that these should be left, because there are risks. ---
**Author:** ![eastmas1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@eastmas1](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/u/eastmas1)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 7:06pm UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/what-are-most-common-symptoms-of-eagle-syndrome/7713/3 "2020-08-16T19:06:37Z")
Thank you.