Jaw pain
Jaw pain: Introduction
Jaw pain: Pain affecting the jaw or jawbone.
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Causes of Jaw pain:
The following medical conditions are some of the possible
causes of Jaw pain.
There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor
about your symptoms.
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Home Diagnostic Testing and Jaw pain
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Causes of Types of Jaw pain:
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Jaw pain: Symptom Checker
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Jaw pain Treatments
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Diagnostic tests for Jaw pain:
Various tests are used in the diagnosis of Jaw pain. Some of these are listed below :
- General inspection
- Note the person's general state and behavior - e.g. any sudden jabbing pain in the face causes a characteristic "tic" and may indicate neuralgia.
- Physical examination
- Look just in front of the ear for swelling of the jaw joint (may indicate swelling of the temporomandibular joint)
- Feel the joint by placing a finger just in front of the ear while the person opens and shuts their mouth
- Clicking and grating may be felt and may be associated with tenderness if the temporomandibular joint is involved in an inflammatory arthritis such as Rheumatoid arthritis
- Check for pain and limitation of jaw movements ( especially opening the mouth), tenderness of the jaw joint and grating noise with moving the joint which suggests temporomandibular joint dysfunction
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Medications or substances causing Jaw pain:
The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins are some of the possible
causes of Jaw pain as a symptom.
Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using,
including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.
- Maxalt
- Maxalt-MLT
- Amerge
- Nicotine inhaler
- Nicotrol
- Nicotrol Inhaler
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medications causing Jaw pain
Jaw pain: Comorbid Symptoms
Some of the comorbid or associated medical symptoms
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Causes of General Symptom Types
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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Jaw pain
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Diagnosis Checklist: Questions your doctor may ask (and why!)
During a consultation, your doctor will use various techniques in their assessment of Jaw pain.
Your doctor may ask several questions when assessing
your condition. It is important to remember that your consultation is a two-way process and any extra information
you can share with your doctor about your symptoms may help them with their diagnosis.
Some of the questions your doctor may ask are listed below:
- How long have you had jaw pain?
Why: to determine if acute or chronic.
- It is unilateral or bilateral?
- Is the jaw pain constant or intermittent?
Why: intermittent pain may suggest trigeminal neuralgia or glossopharyngeal neuralgia.
- How would you explain the nature of the jaw pain?
Why: e.g. lightning quality of pain suggests neuralgia; herpes zoster pain may be burning and have an abnormal increased sensitivity to touch.
- What aggravates the jaw pain?
Why: e.g. pain increased by chewing often suggests being related to the temporomandibular joint, but it could be related to trigeminal neuralgia or dental caries; trigeminal neuralgia pain may be aggravated by talking, chewing, touching certain trigger areas on the face, cold weather or wind or turning onto pillow; glossopharyngeal neuralgia may be triggered by swallowing, coughing and talking.
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Diagnosis Checklist: Associated symptoms your doctor may ask about (and why!)
Sometimes, other symptoms may be present and may help your doctor analyse
your condition.
The symptoms your doctor may ask about (in association with Jaw pain) may include:
- Abnormalities of teeth or gums (such as gum or tooth pain)?
Why: may suggest referred pain from dental caries, gingivitis, oral tumors or alveolar abscess.
- Dental malocclusion +/- grinding teeth during sleep?
Why: the basic cause of temporomandibular joint dysfunction is dental malocclusion.
- Vesicular Rash around the area of pain?
Why: would suggest Herpes Zoster or Ramsay Hunt syndrome.
- Chest pain?
Why: angina and heart attacks may cause pain which radiates to the left side of the neck and jaw.
- Symptoms of temporomandibular joint dysfunction?
Why: e.g. pain felt over the jaw joint and localized to the region of the ear but may radiate forwards to the cheek and even the neck; pain and limitation of jaw movements especially on opening the mouth, clicking and crackling in the jaw joint with movement.
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Misdiagnosis and Jaw pain
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Brain pressure condition often misdiagnosed as dementia: A condition
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Post-concussive brain injury often misdiagnosed: A study found that soldiers who had
suffered a concussive injury in battle often were misdiagnosed on their return.
A variety of...read more »
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Medical Books Excerpts
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Medical Books Excerpts
- JAW PAIN
- "Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs" (2003)
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- Jaw pain
- "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)" (2006)
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- Jaw pain
- "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
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- Jaw pain
- "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
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- Jaw pain
- "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
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- Jaw pain
- "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
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- JAW PAIN
- "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
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Copyright notice for book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
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Jaw pain: Undiagnosed Conditions
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Organs affected by Jaw pain:
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Detailed list of causes of Jaw pain
The list below shows some of the causes of Jaw pain mentioned in various sources:
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causes of Jaw pain
How Common are these Causes of Jaw pain?
This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases,
not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Jaw pain.
Of the 60
causes of Jaw pain that
we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
- 8
causes are "very common" diseases
- 3
causes are "common" diseases
- 2
causes are "uncommon" diseases
- 0
causes are "rare" diseases
- 1
causes are "very rare" diseases
- 55
causes have no prevalence information.
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causes of Jaw pain
Conditions listing symptoms: Jaw pain:
The following list of conditions
have 'Jaw pain' or similar
listed as a symptom in our database.
This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete.
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Causes of Jaw pain Based on Risk Factors
This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Jaw pain based
on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient:
Diabetes - history of diabetes or family history of diabetes?
Doctors and specialists: Who should I consult about Jaw pain?
Depending on the seriousness of the onset of Jaw pain, you may want to consult one of the following medical professionals.
Important:In extreme cases, always seek advice from emergency services :
Classifications of Jaw pain:
Medical Conditions associated with Jaw pain:
Oral pain (123 causes), Jaw symptoms (871 causes), Pain (5963 causes), Dental symptoms (742 causes), Head symptoms (9526 causes), Face symptoms (7761 causes), Pain symptoms (5963 causes), Sensory symptoms (6628 causes), Nerve symptoms (8848 causes), Neurological symptoms (9194 causes), Mouth symptoms (6679 causes), Bone symptoms (2597 causes), Sensations (6091 causes), Throat symptoms (3201 causes), Brain symptoms (2165 causes), Respiratory symptoms (4661 causes), Common symptoms (7994 causes), Body symptoms (4926 causes), Breathing symptoms (3075 causes), Breath symptoms (2745 causes), Skeletal symptoms (3805 causes), Skull symptoms (1889 causes)
Symptoms related to Jaw pain:
Jaw clicking (2 causes), Jaw symptoms (871 causes), Oral pain (123 causes), Pain (5963 causes), Facial pain (33 causes), Face symptoms (7761 causes), Dental symptoms (742 causes), Arthritis (79 causes), Fracture, Ludwig's angina, Parotid tumour, Sialoadenitis, Otitis media
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