jaw pain. is this fibro? - Fibromyalgia Message Board

needhealing777 · 06-18-2008, 11:33 AM

I get this horrible jaw pain, it's in my outer ear and side of face too..is this fibro?
I can't even explain what it feels like..I hope it's not a tumor.

sherryrenee0423 · 06-18-2008, 11:58 AM

I have the same pains. It is most likely TMD/TMJ. Does it get worse when you chew gum or hard candies? Does you grind your teeth at night?

Most people with fibro do have jaw problems which can radiate pain to the sinus area, back of ears, inside ears, face, and neck.

vickyo · 06-18-2008, 12:54 PM

My PCP just told me that he believes I have this and I need to get evaluated by a Dentist. My dentist referred me to a specialist. Unfortunatly my insurance doesn't cover this. Is the treatments for this really expensive. I don't grind my teeth, but I clench them alot.

gorgee · 06-18-2008, 01:10 PM

Tmjd and fibro can go hand and hand. My battle with chronic pain started with migraines, then a terrible tmj flare up that stayed and has been here since Sept 07, and then the pain spread through my body, and then more dx came, like fibro, myofascial pain, temporal tendonitis, and osteo of the jaw. If you look at other illnesses that go with fibro, tmjd is one of them.

I would suggest going to get it checked out at your dentist asap. Make sure to get a panorex, and then maybe a mri. I have been told I need surgery a couple of times from surgeons all over New England, but our health insurance does not cover tmj. I am not seeing a oral facial pain specialist 2 hours away, and trying splint therapy. It has not helped too much.

Please get it checked out asap and good luck.

Kassandra

sherryrenee0423 · 06-18-2008, 01:21 PM

It just so happens that I'm currently seening an orthodontist who specializes in jaw problems. I went in purely for vanity reasons (invisalygn to straighten my teeth) and he strongly advised that I get invisalygn because my bite and arrangement of my teeth are aggrivating my jaw problems. He said his patients with TMJ see it improve when they wear Invisalygn. He said that if I start having more than 2-3 headaches a week, that I need to go see a jaw specialist (forget what he called it).