Root Cause Healing by Theo Bergmann
Sep 28, 2026 · 16 min · 6 segments
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So basically, the vagus nerves originate from the brainstem, and then they go down from the brainstem through the neck, through the chest, and then go even to the abdomen, and they end at the tip of the intestinal tract.

and the vagus nerves they're like the equilibrium of your brain there are so many signals that are running from the vagus nerves to the rest of your body even your heart and when the vagus nerves are inflamed it depends on where they are inflamed because it's like a complete vine that is going through your body like the branches of the vagus nerves they go to so many different directions and it's like very it's like a vine basically going everywhere and When the vagus nerves are getting inflamed, it is really, really tough and you get so many symptoms.

So let's get right into it because it depends on where the vagus nerves are inflamed and then you get specific symptoms.

If the vagus nerves are more inflamed in the head, you get migraines and headaches.

When the vagus nerves are a little bit more inflamed in the head as well, you can get the feeling of like rocking on a boat, which is really a bad symptom.

What you can also get, which is such a terrible symptom, is when people lay down, you can get head spins.

And these head spins are when you have like vertigo and dizziness, which is another symptom of a vagus nerve inflammation, but that's more when the vagus nerves are inflamed in the chest area.

Also teeth chattering, jaw weakness is when the vagus nerves are more inflamed in the head area.

Humming and like a feeling of like a humming throughout the body and a vibration throughout the body, which is really... weird for people to or when you go to doctors with these kind of symptoms they check your blood there's never something that they can see they don't know what's wrong with you neurologists can't see any inflammation in the nerves they don't know that's the vagus nerve so that's actually really really interesting and sad that they just don't know that but anyways that's what's happening when you have that inflammation more there then What people experience when the vagus nerves are more inflamed in the chest area is that you have tightness in the, not in the chest, the throat area, sorry, throat and neck.

Throat area, when that is inflamed, you have tightness in the throat and you also can have trouble swallowing, which is such an issue.

also debilitating symptom like people they feel like there's something stuck in their throat even there's some there's there's no physical issue there and that is when you have vagus nerve inflammation if you go a little bit more down to the chest area.

It's happening if it's here, if it's inflamed here, you can get tightness in the chest.

If you have, and then if you go a little bit more down to the abdomen or like between your chest and your abdomen, if you inflame there, oh my God, you get like, you can get like really bad vertigo, dizziness, nausea, anxiety, panic attacks.

That's what's actually happening when you get a panic attack is that your vagus nerves can be inflamed.

If the vagus nerves are inflamed, you can feel anxious and you can get anxiety attacks.

So basically, the vagus nerves originate from the brainstem, and then they go down from the brainstem through the neck, through the chest, and then go even to the abdomen, and they end at the tip of the intestinal tract.

and the vagus nerves they're like the equilibrium of your brain there are so many signals that are running from the vagus nerves to the rest of your body even your heart and when the vagus nerves are inflamed it depends on where they are inflamed because it's like a complete vine that is going through your body like the branches of the vagus nerves they go to so many different directions and it's like very it's like a vine basically going everywhere and When the vagus nerves are getting inflamed, it is really, really tough and you get so many symptoms.

So let's get right into it because it depends on where the vagus nerves are inflamed and then you get specific symptoms.

If the vagus nerves are more inflamed in the head, you get migraines and headaches.

When the vagus nerves are a little bit more inflamed in the head as well, you can get the feeling of like rocking on a boat, which is really a bad symptom.

What you can also get, which is such a terrible symptom, is when people lay down, you can get head spins.

And these head spins are when you have like vertigo and dizziness, which is another symptom of a vagus nerve inflammation, but that's more when the vagus nerves are inflamed in the chest area.

Also teeth chattering, jaw weakness is when the vagus nerves are more inflamed in the head area.

Humming and like a feeling of like a humming throughout the body and a vibration throughout the body, which is really... weird for people to or when you go to doctors with these kind of symptoms they check your blood there's never something that they can see they don't know what's wrong with you neurologists can't see any inflammation in the nerves they don't know that's the vagus nerve so that's actually really really interesting and sad that they just don't know that but anyways that's what's happening when you have that inflammation more there then What people experience when the vagus nerves are more inflamed in the chest area is that you have tightness in the, not in the chest, the throat area, sorry, throat and neck.

Throat area, when that is inflamed, you have tightness in the throat and you also can have trouble swallowing, which is such an issue.

also debilitating symptom like people they feel like there's something stuck in their throat even there's some there's there's no physical issue there and that is when you have vagus nerve inflammation if you go a little bit more down to the chest area.

It's happening if it's here, if it's inflamed here, you can get tightness in the chest.

If you have, and then if you go a little bit more down to the abdomen or like between your chest and your abdomen, if you inflame there, oh my God, you get like, you can get like really bad vertigo, dizziness, nausea, anxiety, panic attacks.

That's what's actually happening when you get a panic attack is that your vagus nerves can be inflamed.

If the vagus nerves are inflamed, you can feel anxious and you can get anxiety attacks.
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