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7:36pm
July 24, 2013
➸ Shin's Blog:: OK guys. Shin asks a question again?
So. I keep getting these shooting pains in my ears. Mostly in my left ear, but occasionally in my right. Sometimes it is so painful that I can’t eat or drink because opening my jaw hurts too much.
I saw something about trigeminal neuralgia on the MS Trust facebook page, but I’m not really sure…
It could be TN. It could be TMJ, which is a catch all term for things affecting the jaw joints (in my case, an observable skeletal defect in the way my skull is shaped). I have both. It could also some other thing I have no idea about.
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accidentalkaos reblogged this from mymsandme and added:That sounds like trigeminal neuralgia to me, but definitely see your doctor to get a proper diagnosis.
jj1562 reblogged this from mymsandme and added:I have TN and pressing the nerve helps occasionally as well as heat. If its a one time thing probably an infection if...
glitterpinx answered: I’ve had TN and it was the worst pain I’ve ever had, like wanting to kill myself, pain so severe I was vomitting-let us know what they find!
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withasmoothroundstone reblogged this from mymsandme and added:Not all jaw things can be seen by a dentist. I had to go to a jaw specialist and he figured out two things. One, my...
mymsandme reblogged this from withasmoothroundstone and added:The favoured thing I’ve got is TN, a couple have mentioned TMJ but I saw my dentist last week and my jaw was completely...
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