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Temporal Artery Noticable

Hello all.  I am a 27 year old female. I am 5'6 and 140 lbs.  I noticed the other morning that I could see my temporal pulse in the mirror when I was putting on makeup.  It is not super noticeable but I just happened to be looking at my forehead.  I then touched it and it feels raised up.  One little part of it looks raised up from looking at it.  Probably only the size of a pencil eraser.  I do have a bad tension headache from a knot in my neck/ shoulder.  I have felt this before and last year I had temporal artretis ruled out.  All my blood work came back excellent.  I am not worried about that.  I do grind my teeth a lot at night and I think that also causes the tension headaches.  When I touch the artery on the other side I can see it pulse as well.  It seems that it is close to the surface on both sides.  I think all of my arteries are close to the skin.  My abdominal aorta is close as I can see that pulse and I can see a pulse between my collar bones and on my neck.  Always have been that way.  I don't know if my temples have always visibly pulsed or not.  I do have anxiety so I am worried something is wrong.  I don't have a history of high blood pressure, only when anxious. Can the artery be close to the skin on the forehead? Could it be more pronounced because I have been grinding my teeth and I have a headache?

Thank you in advance for your help! :)
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