PC82
09-13-2003, 01:38 PM
Hi, I am new to this board and am pretty scared because I've been to a lot of doctors and don't know what's wrong.
I have had this funny feeling in my left cheek for about 2 months, like as if I had stuffed some cotton back there a la Marlon Brando. It is also swollen. I don't feel or see any distinct lumps, just a general swelling from around the parotid down to the submandibular area.
My primary care physician gave me antibiotics, said it was a lymph node, and gave me a referral to the ENT if it didn't get better.
The ENT told me to put heat on it and drink lots of fluids and come back if it didn't get better.
My dentist did a bite wing Xray, ruled out an abscess, said I had TMJ and says that it can cause swelling. I have no locking, popping or pain symptoms however.
Keep in mind that during all this time nobody did an Xray or an MRI.
I went to an oral surgeon who says it is parotid hyperplasia. The panoramic Xray showed no evidence of TMJ other than flattening of the condyles. The bite is aligned. However Xrays don't show tumors, is that right? He told me to suck on hard candy and massage the salivary glands.
I did an MRI last week and am very anxious waiting to get the results.
Last night I noticed what feels almost like a tendon in the area between the inside of my cheek, and my gum. It's not a round lump or movable, it almost feels like a swollen muscle.
Does TMJ cause swollen tendons or muscles inside the mouth? Could this be a tumor? I am so scared and I am terrified of getting the results of the MRI. I don't have any family here other than my mother who is in a nursing home and has no idea that I've been going through this. I am 39 years old and female. I don't smoke.
I have had this funny feeling in my left cheek for about 2 months, like as if I had stuffed some cotton back there a la Marlon Brando. It is also swollen. I don't feel or see any distinct lumps, just a general swelling from around the parotid down to the submandibular area.
My primary care physician gave me antibiotics, said it was a lymph node, and gave me a referral to the ENT if it didn't get better.
The ENT told me to put heat on it and drink lots of fluids and come back if it didn't get better.
My dentist did a bite wing Xray, ruled out an abscess, said I had TMJ and says that it can cause swelling. I have no locking, popping or pain symptoms however.
Keep in mind that during all this time nobody did an Xray or an MRI.
I went to an oral surgeon who says it is parotid hyperplasia. The panoramic Xray showed no evidence of TMJ other than flattening of the condyles. The bite is aligned. However Xrays don't show tumors, is that right? He told me to suck on hard candy and massage the salivary glands.
I did an MRI last week and am very anxious waiting to get the results.
Last night I noticed what feels almost like a tendon in the area between the inside of my cheek, and my gum. It's not a round lump or movable, it almost feels like a swollen muscle.
Does TMJ cause swollen tendons or muscles inside the mouth? Could this be a tumor? I am so scared and I am terrified of getting the results of the MRI. I don't have any family here other than my mother who is in a nursing home and has no idea that I've been going through this. I am 39 years old and female. I don't smoke.
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Mybrother
09-13-2003, 01:50 PM
I'm so sorry for your pain. It most be so difficult to be on your own. But there are lots of us out here who care and are wishing you the best.
Have you had any tissue biopsied? I would go back to the doctor that you feel really listened to you and try again for more clear answers. If you don't feel comfortable with any of them try a referal from your hospital. But my advice would be find someone who listens and keep going back until its taken care of. Don't wait to long. I hope that they already have it right. Good luck and take care.
Have you had any tissue biopsied? I would go back to the doctor that you feel really listened to you and try again for more clear answers. If you don't feel comfortable with any of them try a referal from your hospital. But my advice would be find someone who listens and keep going back until its taken care of. Don't wait to long. I hope that they already have it right. Good luck and take care.
Danielw
12-18-2003, 04:14 AM
I have had a swollen / hurt cheek for about a month. My wife says it looks like a pimple on the gland. The denist prescribed antibiotics for four days and it actually seemed to have cleared up. Then about two days after I got off the anitbiotics it seems to have come back. Now there is a pimple on the other side of my mouth but not on the gland.
Any advice?
Any advice?