Clogged carotid arteries

It's really because too many things can cause these symptoms. What is the evidence from the tests, would be my first question.
Many cardiac issues are heritable. Carotid Blockage can cause blurred vision and dizziness . You might well see a cardiologist and ask for Carotid Ultrasound. You may as well find out what else is going on with that heart of your. A Calc test to measure coronary calcium, a stress test. You get genetic testing for cardiac disease.
Blurred vision and weird head sensations can be caused by overwork and even just lack of sleep.
You could have an immediate risk factor (TIA) or not, but you have a family history worth tracing for any future medical plans.
Simple resolving stresses on you cervical vertebra could cause you symptoms.
I never mind medical professionals guessing, but I want the science to back it up.

Have you had any strokes? Get MRI's of all the blood vessels from heart into brain. I had many done! I had many before they found out I have small blood vessel disease and I have Connective Tissue Disease that is the cause. Not curable and nothing to stop it .. we all have stuff to deal with, but you have to get all test to hopefully get the help for what is the problem. I have those same plus many more symptoms and now I know I just have to sit and hope it goes away.

Thank you so much for the information.

The first ultra sound test results were left side 75 % clogged. A year later the same test was done and i was tild no clogged arteries on left but the right was 70 % clogged. I have had 4 neck surgeries and i know that its cery narrow at 3 and 4 of my cervical spine. Test 3 and 4 that was done said that the left was again at 75 % clogged. And no right sided issues. I often hear my heart beat in my left ear .

My father died of a massive heart attack at the age of 50 . And grandmother and several cousins have died of heart attacks or congestive heart failure. Ive had very high triglycerides sometimes in the 700 range

You definitely should have your Dr. Refer you to a heart dr.. Let them check you out and then fix whst may be needed before you have an attack. Maybe your ok though. Maybe you just need a statin..

You're welcome!! I'm being checked on my heart now.. I have an echogram tomorrow then I'll see my heart dr next month. If things are not good it will be sooner.

taylor05, 75% carotid blockage usually warrants endarterectomy. The right sided blockage must have been a transcription error. The heartbeat you hear is common with this condition.
It's so good you are catching this.
I'm getting all my testing in May.
Hope it's just the one carotid.

Thank you for the information. I received a referral this morning for another ultra sound and i am going to ask to see a heart dr. Good luck with your testing. Happy heart day.

I had several retinal surgeries so when I had a gray curtain in my right eye for about 10-20 seconds I thought it was another peel. But it resolved immediately and I thought I’d just tell my ophthalmologist at my appointment the next month. He told me I should have come in right away and said I had an Amarosis Fugax occurrence, a type of a TIA, that the eyes are part of the brain, and I was at immediate risk for a major stroke. He called a cardiologist who gave me an appointment the next day.
After tests, I was almost 70% blocked, the point they do endarectomies. I had been an athlete and had eaten whatever I wanted my whole life because I was thin. But he said my age at 64 and family history was what caught up with me. He put me on a statin, baby aspirin, diet change and exercise. At 3 months I was below 65% blocked, and it continued to drop until it was below the threshold of concern, 50%, which took about a year.
My cholesterol has still continued to rise and I’m considered high risk so they doubled my statin and I have to try to limit my diet and increase exercise again. I know it’s eventually going to get me as my lifelong 90/60 blood pressure peaks at 180/90 with terrible headaches and stays at 110/80 now.
I also have small vessel and collagen diseases, diagnosed in my late 20s, inherited from my father. I also have fibromyalgia and Raynaud’—a small blood vessel disease, and autonomic dysfunction, as well as other unrelated medical conditions. I sound like a total mess, but I’ve been very active and thin my whole life, despite having to take up to years off from work due to health flares.
Now it’s totally different with this blood pressure, high cholesterol and carotid artery disease, which affects everything I do and has taken front and center of my health concerns in just the last 3 years.
I’ve always had horrible migraines since childhood, some with aura, and at age 55 I started having 5 other types of headaches, most due to blood pressure surges.
I would encourage any one who can hear the throbbing in their head and/or see their veins rise to the surface of their skin anywhere while resting to insist on some kind of testing, and referral to a cardiologist. You can wait until something happens or you can try to find out through early ultrasounds if you have blockages. With headaches, blood pressure spikes and family history that should be enough to get an approval for ultrasounds.
My heart was throughly tested in my 40s but it was found healthy, and I was diagnosed with Raynaud’s in my 20s and small blood vessel disease in my 40s, which is considered common. But it was my carotid arteries that were building up and it wasn’t until 55 that my cholesterol started fluctuating.
We all have to go sometime but family history will give you a clue of where to look and when.
A cardiologist won’t see you without a referral, so you’ll probably have to keep a headache and blood pressure log and regular blood lipid tests