Can clenching your teeth cause these symptoms?
For starters, I am a major hypochondriac, and I have been very stressed lately. I clench my teeth as a bad habit when I am stressed. I started to feel a pain in my temple and near my eye , and immediately thought BOOM BRAIN TUMOR!! I feel the pain in my ear too. im going to the doctor Monday, but I am trying to use process of elimination here. I tried to rationalize and say it wasn't a tumor b/c I don't have any symptoms,just this temple/eye pain could these symptoms be caused by me clenching my teeth too much?
Can stress induced clenching of the teeth and strained jaw muscles cause swollen glands in the neck?
My life became quite stressful a year ago when my newborn daughter suffered a stroke. She is fine now but I have been struggling with some painful and scary symptoms. When she was about 4 months old I had a dental filling put in. The dentist used a horrible dental dam contraption on a metal frame that really wrenched my mouth open. From that point on I have had face pain and noticed a swollen gland in my neck. I was very tense from the problems with my daughter and I notice even now that I hold my jaw tensley and sometimes clench my teeth. I believe that the stupid dental thing in my mouth injured the muscles/tendons in the tmj area and exacerbated any tension I already had in that area. Now I have alot of the typical teeth clenching/tmj symptoms such as occassional ear pain, head and neck pain and tightness down that side of my head, neck, and back, AND I still have swollen glands in my neck on that side. Has anyone else experienced swollen neck glands with TMJ and clenching?
Teeth clenching during the day. Will a night guard help?
I don't grind my teeth, I clench them, but only during the day. I just made an appointment with my dentist to get a night guard that I would use in my car or while watching tv, but I would like to know if you think it would help. I know I don't clench my teeth at night. I don't have any of the symptoms, like sore jaw, etc... Any serious comment?
What do these symptoms describe? Tight throat, cheek bones hurt, Jaw hinge is soar?
Well, one thing can be TMJ syndrome. That means that basically the joint where your mandible meets your cheek is somehow misaligned or messed up. It's pretty harmless, it can just be annoying. If you've also experienced a clicking or popping in your jaw, that's another major symptom. For me, my jaw often pops out of place when I chew and I have to wiggle it back in (it's not as gross or painful as it sounds) It also hurts if you sing or chew for too long more than it should. This can be caused by teeth-grinding, but it also is just, one of those things like Scoliosis where you're just born with it. It runs in my family, and I believe it has something to do with an overbite. BUT, it can also be "mistaken for pain arising from impacted third molars." whatever that means. But I am sure your dentist would have caught that? oh yeah, TMJ syndrome can also give you headaches. Anyway, that's why MY jaw hurts...not sure about the anxiety, but, you know, I also get plenty of anxiety attacks, so who knows, maybe it's related. Same goes for the tight throat (although I would imagine that would be a very reasonable symptom since TMJ syndrome causes muscle problems in general, and it is in close proximity to your throat)
I have TMJ, looking for advice on how relieve symptoms?
I know that freezing temperatures can make the symptoms worse (due to jaw clenching from cold), but realistically I can't avoid going outside forever. How can I stop myself from clenching my jaw due to freezing temperatures? I can't take Ibuprofen anymore, due to certain side effects. I have stomach issues so I can't really take any other pain meds without destroying my stomach lining (I have Gastritis). I already wear a night guard. I massage my tendons on my jaw to try to get rid of the muscle knots, but every day it just comes back. My jaw on my left side has been popping daily (like the feeling you get when you pop your knuckles in your wrist). I know it isn't good that it's doing that, but I have no control over it anymore. I don't chew gum, I avoid hard candies, but I can't pass up food if it's chewy though because I'm underweight. It isn't severe enough for surgery (like the surgery would work anyway, since there are no guarantees). I don't have severe TMJ yet, but I want to know what else I can do to prevent it from getting worse.