Condition Info - BotMed Application

ConditionName

Carotid artery dissection

ConditionDescription

Symptoms

Headache.
Scalp or face pain.
Eye pain.
Neck pain.
One eye with a droopy lid and small pupil (partial Horner syndrome)
Weakness or numbness on one side of your body.
Having trouble understanding speech or speaking.
Pulsing sound in an ear.

PhysicalFindings

ClinicalTests

Doppler U/S—carotid;
Angiography if necessary after 70% of occlusion;
MRI of the brain and neck;

RiskFactors

Infection;
High blood pressure;
Migraine headaches;
Smoking;
Using birth control pills;
Alcohol use;
Low cholesterol levels;

Some conditions increase the risk:
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome;
Marfan syndrome;
Homocystinuria;
Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency;
Osteogenesis imperfecta;

IsRedFlag

IsNPLEX

Consequence

Syncope --> TIA-->Stroke;

ProgressionFromCondition

Carotid bruit;
Hyperlipidemia;

TreatmentOptions

PharmOptions

WebLink

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK430835/