Posted by NikkiT2 on June 1, 2004, at 12:47:12
OK, so what is TMJ?? I hear it mentioned it a fair amount, and believe it is connected to jaw pain..
I keep getting terrible jaw pain on the right hand side of my jaw. The pains radiate down my neck and into my shoulder, and seem to start from behind my ear. They last for about a week, then go for a week or so, then start again.
The pain is very much under my jaw rather than along it so I don't think it is from clenching, and it feels very much like nerve pain. No over the counter pain killer is helping, though massaging Tiger Balm in (a chinese herbal rub) does ease it for about 20 mins a little. Co-drydamol helps a little, but I don't want to take too much, and the other pain killer (apparently fairly strong) does nothing but give me nausea.My GP has reffered me to a neurologist, but that appointment will take months to come through.. (I'm still waiting to hear 5 months after being reffered to a gastro specialist).. any ideas on what to do in the mean time??
Nikki
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