mouth wide is this an allergy or something else?
2007-03-14 05:29:11 · 12 answers · asked by cutiepie81289 7 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management
You need to make an appointment with your dentist because it sounds like you have T.M.J. It's a condition that causes extreme pain and is usually caused by the way your jaw is aligned. If that's the case, your dentist will create a special device for you to place in your mouth while you sleep that will realign your jaw to the way it should be. Hope this helps! Annie
2007-03-14 05:41:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
You should see your dentist, the symptoms are that of TMJ disorder. For now take 600-800 mg of Advil or Motrin, these are anti inflammatories and help to reduce the swelling in the jaw muscle. Take some hot (make sure they are damp and hot but don't burn your self either) damp towels, "two" one for each side (microwave does well for this) and place them on "both" jaws, then open and close the mouth a little wider each time and do this several times a day. These exercises are used to treat TMJ and assist with the pain management of the disorder. We advise patients to do this quiet regularly for this, and after extractions, most have immediate results when doing the therapy of this exercise. It helps to increase the blood flow and relax the muscles of the jaw that are strained right now. You need to see your dentist as he may be able to help more or refer you to someone who can. In some severe cases, surgery is needed to correct or alleviate the problem. Good luck and hope I've been of some help.
2007-03-14 06:33:00 · answer #2 · answered by HeatherS 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have actually had a friend with this same exact problem lately.... she spent tons of money on doctors, neurologists, MRI's and all that stuff......ended up she had a tooth about to abscess and the decay was reaching a nerve in her face. Doctors were prescribing her steroids for nerve damage, painkillers, and muscle relaxers and the pain would still not go away. The dentist took 10 minutes to look at her x-rays, told her what he wanted to do, sent her home with some anti-biotics to controll the infection and abscessing then pulled the tooth in a few days.... if you dont want to pull any teeth you can always get root canals and fillings.
So my suggestion would be to go to the dentist!
If it is your teeth, take care of it soon because if your tooth abcesses the infection can reach the blood and cause even more serious problems.
Hope this helps.
P.S. to control the pain without prescriptions alternate heat and cold to the area.
2007-03-14 05:41:55 · answer #3 · answered by melissa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
TMJ is the most common diagnosis with this type of pain, but you may also want to consider researching Trigeminal Neuralgia. This disease is marked by brief attacks of lightning-like stabs along the maxillary (jaw) nerve. These attacks usually last from a few seconds up to 2 minutes and may be triggered by touch, cold, chewing, brushing teeth, smiling, and even talking. This disease occurs most frequently in people over 40, but especially women. I hope this info helps.
2007-03-14 08:14:50 · answer #4 · answered by It will eat you soon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-02 02:47:50 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
TMJ is one problem that could exist.. I would also look at ear infection as well.. Or maybe even a cavity... Ear problems and teeth problems can cause other problems in your body.. Even sometimes resulting in death.. I would definitely get that checked out...
2007-03-14 12:26:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
it might be two thing your mucle because of mouth moves and some to the ears or a bone which is what i think it is because there is a bone in between your mouth and the skull it suppose to be small. the bone is known to be a cheek bone.
2007-03-14 05:34:04 · answer #7 · answered by jason j 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
could it be TMJ? I sometimes have a lot of pain with it.
I just answered a question with a question. You may want to check into TMJ though.
2007-03-14 05:33:47 · answer #8 · answered by courage78 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You may have TMJ. Temporomandibular Joint Disorder. I'd see your doctor and have them look at it.
Also, take a look at WebMD.com, they're real helpful too.
2007-03-14 05:32:18 · answer #9 · answered by cj 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Try WebMD.com
2007-03-14 05:36:38 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋