Bone pain - Help?

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Hello All:

 

This week I started getting a constant pain in my right lower jaw. While I

hoped to never go to a dentist again I resigned myself to have the offending

tooth removed and went in to see a dentist that I trusted.

 

She determined that the pain was not coming from a tooth and so the next day

I did a search on the internet and found this:

 

TEMPORAL TENDONITIS

Temporal tendonitis has been called " The Migraine Mimic " because so many

symptoms are similar to migraine headache pain. Symptoms include: TMJ pain, ear

pain and pressure, temporal headaches, cheek pain, tooth sensitivity, neck and

shoulder pain. Treatment consists of injecting local anesthetics and other

medications, a soft diet, using moist heat, muscle relaxants and

anti-inflammatory

medications, and physiotherapy. Only rarely (in approximately 4% of cases) is

surgery needed.

 

NICO (Neuralgia Inducing Cavitational Osteonecrosis)

As recent as 1979, a newly described pain disorder was reported. This

disorder, which came to be known as osteocavitational lesions, produced pain

similar

to trigeminal neuralgia, both the typical and atypical types. In fact, usually

these patients are diagnosed with trigeminal neuralgia. The diagnosis is

complicated by the fact that the x-ray examination of the bone is usually

normal.

 

These bony lesions oftentimes develop in jaws and produce little or no pain

whatsoever. They may lie dormant for years and sometimes never become painful

or cause a problem. Those that produce pain are termed NICO (Neuralgia Inducing

Cavitational Osteonecrosis) lesions.

NICO lesions produce referred pain patterns which also serve to confuse both

patient and doctor. However, just like trigeminal neuralgia, there are trigger

areas that, when pressed, produce pain. These trigger areas develop directly

over the areas of affected bone. The mandible, or lower jaw, is affected more

often than the maxilla, or upper jaw. One important aspect of NICO is a

history of tooth extraction usually years earlier. Any tooth area may be

involved.

However, lower back teeth seem to be most common. Small areas of bone actually

die, producing neuralgia-like pain symptoms. It appears that after a tooth

extraction, a NICO lesion may develop due to injury of the blood vessels in the

area which ultimately results in poor circulation, resulting in bone death in

some cases. Pathologically, this is termed osteomyelitis. This slow bone death

has been known for years and occurs in every bone in the body. Other common

bones affected are the hips and knees

 

Now I understand some of the frustration and challenge many older people

experience in their hips and knees.

 

I will try the cilantro detox again to see if that helps. I have noticed the

pain increases after consuming sweets like bananas, cherries, dates or

raisins and decreases if I juice greens.

 

Anyone have success with this one?

 

Thanks

 

Bill

Vancouver WA