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Pain In The Jaw And Tooth, Headache And Eye. No Relief From The Pain Medication
Hi, my jaw pain and tooth pain has been going on for two months. My doctor and dentist say there is nothing wrong. But I know there is. Something is causing this pain. worse every day. Last night was the worse. I have pain on my eye and headache. My whole side of face hurts. Can't sleep and keeps me up. Pain medicine don't work any more.
Tue, 21 May 2013
Hi,
Your symptoms are consistent with Trigeminal neuralgia secondary to tooth ache.
You should consult Neurophysician for same,You require clinical examination and require neuralgic medication like pregabalin 75 mg twice daily to alleviate the symptoms
CT scan brain to be done to rule out any structural lesion in brain
Hope this will help you
Regards
Dr Sandhya Manorenj
Neurologist
Hi Tech city Hyderabad
Your symptoms are consistent with Trigeminal neuralgia secondary to tooth ache.
You should consult Neurophysician for same,You require clinical examination and require neuralgic medication like pregabalin 75 mg twice daily to alleviate the symptoms
CT scan brain to be done to rule out any structural lesion in brain
Hope this will help you
Regards
Dr Sandhya Manorenj
Neurologist
Hi Tech city Hyderabad
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