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Suggest Treatment For Severe Throbbing Pain In The Ear And Jaws

I get severe throbbing pain in my left ear, jaw, teeth and sometimes in my temple. sometimes the pain last for a few minutes and other times it last for 20 minutes and stops suddenly. sometimes there's numbness and tingling to my lips to the left side of my face. My dentist and GP suggest I take pain killers such as Ibuprofen, paracetamol, but some days and nights doesn't work so i went to the emergency department and I was given co-codomol, this gives me headache or pressure in my head. Sometimes the pain is so severe I feel any movement makes it worst. Initially I thought it was my teeth but my dentist has ruled that out. What could be the cause?

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Fri, 19 Aug 2016
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Hi..
Welcome to HEALTHCARE MAGIC..

I have gone through your query and can understand your concerns..

As per your complain it seems that the symptoms of severe throbbing in ear, jaw, teeth and temple along with numbness and tingling of left side of face seems to be due to nerve related pain and pointing towards Trigeminal Neuralgia..

Trigeminal nerve is largest cranial nerve and is nerve of face..
Any disturbances in its function can cause firing of impulses and it leads to sudden bouts of severe pain..It can be due to nerve compression with any major artery, infection or inflammation, traumatic nerve injury etc,,

Consult a Neurophysician ad get evaluated and a thorough clinical evaluation and investigations like x ray, MRI SCAN can help in diagnosis and treatment can be done accordingly..

You can be advised neurotic painkillers like Carbamazipine, gabapantin, baclofen etc..
You can also be advised surgical treatments like Microvascular decompression, gama knife radiosurgery, balloon compression etc..


Hope this information helps..

Thanks and regards.
Dr.Honey Nandwani Arora.
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Suggest Treatment For Severe Throbbing Pain In The Ear And Jaws

Hi.. Welcome to HEALTHCARE MAGIC.. I have gone through your query and can understand your concerns.. As per your complain it seems that the symptoms of severe throbbing in ear, jaw, teeth and temple along with numbness and tingling of left side of face seems to be due to nerve related pain and pointing towards Trigeminal Neuralgia.. Trigeminal nerve is largest cranial nerve and is nerve of face.. Any disturbances in its function can cause firing of impulses and it leads to sudden bouts of severe pain..It can be due to nerve compression with any major artery, infection or inflammation, traumatic nerve injury etc,, Consult a Neurophysician ad get evaluated and a thorough clinical evaluation and investigations like x ray, MRI SCAN can help in diagnosis and treatment can be done accordingly.. You can be advised neurotic painkillers like Carbamazipine, gabapantin, baclofen etc.. You can also be advised surgical treatments like Microvascular decompression, gama knife radiosurgery, balloon compression etc.. Hope this information helps.. Thanks and regards. Dr.Honey Nandwani Arora.