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How Can Pain In The Cheek Be Treated?

About three times a year I get this pain in the side of my cheek, it feels like a irritated nerve like a thousand knives stabbing me in the side of my ear, Ive been to E.N.&T. he thought it could be a jaw disease, after blood test were done, all test came back negative, so I went to the dentist and nothing found there either, do you have any suggestions?
posted on Sat, 28 Apr 2018
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Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.

From your explanation it looks like problem with the nerve that supplies the face that is Trigeminal nerve and the symptoms are pointing towards Trigeminal Neuralgia.
So my suggestion is to consult a Neurologist and get evaluated.
An MRI scan can help in diagnosis.
You can be advised neurotic painkillers like Carbamazipine, Gabapantin etc to relieve pain
Also certain invasive procedures like Gama knife surgery, ballon decompression can help.

.Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Honey Arora
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How Can Pain In The Cheek Be Treated?

Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. From your explanation it looks like problem with the nerve that supplies the face that is Trigeminal nerve and the symptoms are pointing towards Trigeminal Neuralgia. So my suggestion is to consult a Neurologist and get evaluated. An MRI scan can help in diagnosis. You can be advised neurotic painkillers like Carbamazipine, Gabapantin etc to relieve pain Also certain invasive procedures like Gama knife surgery, ballon decompression can help. .Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Honey Arora