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When I smile I get dizzy and headache starts

by live4theearth, Aug 16, 2009 01:53PM
Good Afternoon,
As of recently (past 2 weeks)  whenever I smile I get lightheaded and a throbbing headache starts to form (almost as if it is under the skin on my forehead, not deep in my head. My boyfriend has noticed that a vein from my nose up to the right side of my head has just started protruding out each time I smile.  I pointed to him where the throbbing is when I smile and he noticed it's along that new vein that protrudes.  It is not normal for me to feel the throbbing when I smile or to have a vein show on my face....It has all come on almost instantly.  It looks and feels horrible.  Almost as though when I smie it is cutting off circulation to these veins causing them to protrude and causing headaches and lightheadedness.  I know these symptoms seem odd....they seem odd to me too but I was wondering if you have ever heard of something like this? How can I get it to go away?   Also is there a way to make the veins go back to normal as to not protrude?  I just don't look or feel like myself and it is saddening.  I have made a doctor's appointment but they can not see me for a month.  I just want to know that it is possible to go back to the way I used to look and feel just 2 weeks ago.  I have a pic of my laughing and smiling just 2 weeks ago and a pic of me smiling now and the vein is protruding in the new one.  I don't find this normal because it was not a natural gradual occurence.  No one seems to be able to help me and I want some type of positive information I guess...
Please help me if you can.  
I have great bloodpressure (I've been asked so I might as well add that in)

Thank You So Much For You Time!  I greatly appreciate it!
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