Suggest Treatment For Severe Jaw Pain Due To Neuralgia

Posted on Wed, 16 Apr 2014

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Question : My husband has severe pain in his jaw he has been to several doctors and is currently under the care of a Neurologist, he went to the University of XXXXXXX Oral Surgery dept and they said he had Neuralgia snd told him to go back to the Neurologist, he perscribed Tegretol and it is not helping. Can you please advise us what to do?

Answered by Dr. Dr.Albana Sejdini Greca (2 hours later)

Brief Answer: Diabetic neuropathy management guideline... Detailed Answer: Hi, I have gone through the medical history of your husband and feel sorry for the situation he is in. Your husband does have type 2 diabetes. Peripheral neuropathy is one of the long-term complications of diabetes. The symptoms include pain (Neuralgia). I usually use the following guidelines to my diabetic patients who have neuropathy: - should control blood sugar levels - schedule physio-therapy massaging - take multivitamin supplementation (vit.B complex) - take pain-killers. If Tegretol is not helping, then, ask your doctor to prescribe another powerful analgesic until pain is relieved. I also advise to keep following up with neurologist and physio-therapist. Hope it was of help! Let me know if you have further queries! Dr.Albana

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