Hi, I am a 51 year old man, I had a dissected carotid artery on 12/8/2010, a stent was placed in my carotid. Follow up shows that the blood flow is very good. During the episode at the time I had confusion, saw lights in left eye (dissection was on left side) and some headaches, not severe. I have had 2 follow up MRI s and MRA s which show improvement. I was put on keppra as a precaution and have recently been weaned off of it. My question is approximately 4 weeks ago I began having a sort of numbing sensation (warm or cool) on the right side of my face about an inch wide from about my temple across my cheek bone to about my nose, could this be related, and if so how? This sensation is not constant but frequent. I am otherwise in good health, take aspirin and 40mg simivastin a day, 6 1 and 175 lbs.
Hello, I passed carefully through your question and would explain that your symptoms do not seem to be related to the dissected carotid artery.  Trigeminal nerve dysfunction could be the cause of your complaints. For this reason, I recommend consulting with a neurologist for a physical exam and a brain MRI study.  Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Take care Chat Doctor. 