In most cases, Chiari Patients will not have all these symptoms, but I know so many with at least 85% of these symptoms. They include:

*Headaches
*Poor sleep, Sleep Apnea, and Fatigue
*Visual Changes such as: double vision, decreased peripheral vision, seeing flashes of light, visual loss, blind spots, photophobia, eyelid spasms, and jerking of the eyes
*Dizziness
*Tinging in ears
*Poor balance
*Decreased or loss of hearing
*Vertigo
*Hoarseness
*Difficulty swallowing
*Slurred speech
*Face numbness
*Weak feeling(usually one-sided)
*Numbness and/or tingling of arms and legs
*Shortness of breath
*Chest Pain
*Episodes of rapid heart rate
*Black out spells
*Hypertension
*Depression
*Memory Problems(mostly short term memory)
*"Brain Fog" difficulty thinking or concentrating

In most cases, people with Chiari do not experience symptoms until adolescent of adult years, but there are more and more cases of infants showing symptoms from any type of CM. Infants may have:

*difficulty swallowing
*irritability when being fed
*excessive drooling
*a weak cry
*gagging or vomiting
*arm weakness
*a stiff neck
*breathing problems
*developmental delays
*and an inability to gain weight

In most cases, Chiari Patients will not have all these symptoms, but I know so many with at least 85% of these symptoms. They include: Headaches Poor sleep, Sleep Apnea, and Fatigue Visual Changes such as: double vision, decreased peripheral vision, seeing flashes of light, visual loss, blind spots, photophobia, eyelid spasms, and jerking of the eyes Dizziness Tinging in ears Poor balance Decreased or loss of hearing Vertigo Hoarseness Difficulty swallowing Slurred speech Face numbness Weak feeling(usually one-sided) Numbness and/or tingling of arms and legs Shortness of breath Chest Pain Episodes of rapid heart rate Black out spells hypertension Depression Memory Problems(mostly short term memory) "Brain Fog" difficulty thinking or concentrating