CONDITION: Eagle Syndrome

DESCRIPTION:
Eagle syndrome is medically known as the elongation of the styloid process and stylohyoid ligament calcification. This typically occurs with aging, and often results in sharp, intermittent pain along the glossopharyngeal nerve that is located in the hypopharynx and at the base of the tongue.

How does Eagle syndrome develop?
The styloid process is a piece of bone that starts at the base of the skull and attaches to a number of muscles and ligaments that are connected to the throat and tongue. Elongation of the stolid process, as well as a calcification of the stylohyoid ligament, can result in Eagle Syndrome. The stylohyoid ligament is located between the styloid process and the hyoid bone, a bone in the front of the throat, to which a number of throat muscles are attached.

What are the symptoms of Eagle syndrome?
People with Eagle syndrome may experience a wide range of symptoms, including pain in both the throat and the ear, vertigo, voice alteration, cough, dizziness, sinusitis or bloodshot eyes. It may feel like something is stuck in one's throat, and swallowing may be difficult. It may also be painful to turn one's head. Pain during swallowing, opening the mouth or turning the head may also be experienced.

Conventional medical treatments may help relieve the symptoms of Eagle syndrome, but they do not address the root of the problem. By strengthening structural weaknesses in the body, as natural medicine treatments like Prolotherapy do, pain associated with Eagle syndrome may be alleviated permanently.

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