i woke up this morning w/ terrible pain in my jaw!? Now my jaw wont stop hurting. What could cause this?
2006-08-21 02:59:38 · 13 answers · asked by N!cky 5 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Injuries
If you've been stressed out at all, you could've done what I did. I dislocated my jaw in my sleep. I grind my teeth & apparantly the weight of your head when sleeping, pushes your jaw to the side (when your on your stomach or side) so you grind , get swelling, and then your jaw pops out of place. I went to my dentist because the pain got so bad over a week's time that I couldn't even talk. She prescribed 5 days of valuim at night sleeping, 10 days of 2 times daily ibuprofen, and start sleeping on my back because now that I had done it, It will happen again. It has twice, but the ibuprofen helps.
2006-08-21 03:10:10 · answer #1 · answered by pritigrl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It might be that the cartilage that cushions the temporal mandibular joint slipped out of place causing the bones to rub to together. If it keeps bothering you, go see your doctor.
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Are you taking a lot of calcium? Sometimes if you take overdo it with calcium supplements you can get hypercalcemia and that tightens your jaw. This goes away in a few days if you stp taking too much calcium.
2006-08-21 10:08:24 · answer #2 · answered by Bingo's Mommy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Grinding your teeth or having a tense jaw. If you were tense the whole night it would make you sore the next morning.
2006-08-21 10:07:03 · answer #3 · answered by steve e 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you gotta boyfriend?? nah kiddin could be the way u slept or if u been knocked in the jaw recently could be that u chewed something hard...just take some pain killers im sure it'll go away if not see a doc get some xrays done or something
2006-08-21 10:07:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe you grind your teeth in your sleep or just a lot of tension in your jaw while you where sleeping. If it doesn't get better I would see a Dr. that is if it get worse too
2006-08-21 10:06:14 · answer #5 · answered by bobsdidi 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
More than likely clenching your jaw or grinding your teeth while you're sleeping.
2006-08-21 13:39:52 · answer #6 · answered by But Inside I'm Screaming 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You may have had a tense sleep and were clinching your jaw last night
2006-08-21 10:06:37 · answer #7 · answered by MadMaxx 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eh heh heh heh heh heh
*looks around nervously*
Ah no you probably over stressed it by using your jaw alot, like chewing for long periods of time..
2006-08-21 10:04:53 · answer #8 · answered by Game Guy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ear infection or lock jaw. call doc asap!
2006-08-21 10:06:30 · answer #9 · answered by cindy loo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you must go to doctor early to know what is the cause of pain
2006-08-21 10:10:34 · answer #10 · answered by Mr pogi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋