The carotid artery may hurt for various reasons, such as carotidynia, an inflammatory condition, or carotid artery dissection. A person may also have an injury to the neck, such as whiplash.

Carotid - Cavernous Sinus Fistula: Internal Carotid Artery Angiogram, lateral view, three sequential images. Note the early opacification of the internal carotid artery. When the contrast reaches the ...

"In addition to lymph nodes, you have your carotid artery, jugular vein, and cervical vertebrae — all of which need to be avoided." Westend61 / Getty Images ...

In Boston, a six-year-old boy tumbled off a porch into a rosebush, was rushed to a hospital. There Surgeon Richard H. Miller probed a hole in the boy's jaw, found the broken end of a rose cane, ...