Hello Dr Neurologist
A year ago i was suffering from throbbing left posterior side probably left vertebral for some time( i have HBP for the past 5 years old patienti take atenelol for it and also i had same throbbing in the same area), also after that in august of last i year i woke suddenly in the middle of the night with my right side all pins and needles and i was not feeling well, the 20 seconds later suddenly my throat got tightened for some time then it went up to my head posterior got tightened then lastly my right side of my tongue got tightened and squeezed all really hard, the next days i was tired with symptoms like my tongue and hands pins and needles...etc, 5 days later i went and did in the US an mri and mra, that showed no bleeding
I know i had a stroke that the image missed but i have no prove, but the question is could it be more probable a bleeding stroke or more like a clot from a left vertebral dissection or both left vertebral dissection aneurysm
SO the doctors gave me convulex , gebapentin...etc, with no improvement, i had strange symptoms after that event , facial nerve pain strange sensations... all are brain stem related
Days passed with some improvement and the throbbing went down to only 10 percent mild
then they decided to do an invasive angio for me , here is an important point when they inserted the cather on left and right carotid and right vertebral and injected the dye nothing happened, i felt normal, when they injected the dye in the left vertebral i felt some pain or something, the angio was normal , but what happened next is the throbbing went back to be 100 percent and even more, i became very ill my head left side was shaking, and suddenly my heart started acting strangely as if i will die , ear pains tongue facial....etc i went to the hospital er , icu... then went out, once they told me maybe inflammation arteries , then said cns vasculitiis, then we do not know migraine , all blood tests ruled out those diseases LP also and i have no migraine , also tried many medicines topamax...etc with no improvement....., but i know it was non, i know it is either a dissection got triggered back by the in injection of the dye or fusiform aneurysm or both
So i am here now with same symptoms brain stem, pins and needles, tongue ear painful pains, even when i bend down then up my ears hurt, back left posterior is throbbing and hurts, and my left leg and hand in continuous tremor , i even can not sleep well because when i lie down with my head symptoms and throbbing increase in different postitions, so also again maybe i had a small bleeding and or small clots from dissection...etc
Anyhow they did after weeks of the invasive angio an mra and mri with no contrast and the only thing they told me is we found that the left vertebral is big, some said it is just dominant by birth , others said might some dialtation
so i know for sure the thorbbing is coming from this thing the dialtation and this might be a dissection or and aneurysm that might bled and will again and this dialtation maybe pressing on the nerves there also
and i know my symptoms are related to autonomic difuntion, medulla oblengata, vugus nerves, cranial nerves...
and i know i am very sick and ill like dealy can not do much, and i know this area is fatal , and this area is very fragile for me anything triggers it and irrtates it
but i do not know what to do , they all agree with the brain stem symptoms and bigger left vertebral artery before the PICA, i asked for stenting coiling , some said no some said yes some said leave and pray
I do not know what to do, i told you my story and symptoms and i will only attach 7 images of the left vertebral , maybe you can look and tell em what to do, i even see small bulging at the corner of the artery in one of the images if you look carefully at the maginfied ones
also if there is a medication or anything to strengthen the artery wall but not dialate or thin the blood i am afraid of bleeding, it is very fragile, i dont think i can survive another angio injection in that area
Please tell what is your opinion in this case, i live in a daily agony for a long time
Also do you think if i consult a neurosergeon about this situation and images attached it would be helpful because they can see the images and they open brains and see the real thing and assess , maybe they got same images, symptoms and situation with other patients and figured out what to do , i know this site has no neuroradiologist or intervention radiologist to consult
Thank you
Category: Neurologist, Medical