What are the symptoms of carotid artery blockage?

Answer 1

The symptoms depends on many factors like the degree of block, incomplete, partial, or complete. Then it will also depend on the alternate circulation channels inside the brain and their competency. As already answered by Dr. Pangolin, transient ischemic attacks (TIA) may bring the condition to be noticed. The carotid artery would feel thickened as the blockage is usually because atherosclerosis. Stroke may follow and disturbances in vision may also be manifested. However, certain small defects may arise in the brain because of the blockage (and thereby ischemia to small parts of the brain tissue) but may remain imperceptible due to negligible change or negligible symptoms. Memory deficits and other higher functions may also be altered in varying degrees due to ischemia, but are ignored being insignificant to start with.

Answer 2

The only way to get a sure fire, reassuring answer, is to head to your doctor, and get a CAT/MRI scan of the area. They may even be able to tell you what it is without a scan. Please don't delay. It's probably nothing, but I can tell you from experience, being overweight really doesn't benefit our bodies in any way, in fact it can make relatively minor health complaints into big problems. Definitely go see a doctor, hopefully it is nothing. Make sure you eat lots of fruit and veg, and cut down on those carbs/greasy foods.

Answer 3

If your carotid is 88/99 how bad is that?

Answer 4

Transient ischemic attacks, or TIA's. They are like mini-strokes, but the stroke symptoms resolve.

Many people with blocked carotids do not have symptoms.

Answer 5

Dizziness,headaches and sometimes pain in the extremities.Don't mess with this one if you have symptoms.Get checked.You are a walking time-bomb.

Answer 6

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