Out of nowhere

[Bradford beyer]

last summer my wife and I were enjoying a late August day when I felt this sensation in my right upper molar region of my mouth.  I told my wife that I should see the dentist because something was going on.   It felt like a tooth was the center of this pain and each day it seemed to get worse.  The dentist could not confirm that the pain was coming from that tooth but did Find a tooth that needed a root canal not related to the initial problem.  After finishing that tooth we came back to the tooth I swore was causing all this pain.  My dentist could not perform a root canal because of the complexity of the tooth so I has to go to a specialist.  After he had finished the root canal there was no improvement in the pain.  The pain kept getting worse and especially at night.  For weeks I had to sleep sitting up which helped with the pain.  During this time I also noticed weight loss of about 15 pounds out of nowhere. Not being heavy to start with this had me thinking celiac.   After combing the internet I found an article on celiac and face pain.  As soon as I cut out the gluten the pain started to subside.i shared my story with my dentists who were very surprised about the gluten connection. The pain was the worst I have ever experienced and I have a high tolerance.  The pain was like no other I ever experienced.   It was like an electrical shock that would not go away.  I hope this helps other people out there with similar problems to show you ,yes gluten is not your friend and can cause health problems in different ways.

[trents]

Trigeminal neuralgia? 

[Scott Adams]

I've never heard of an association between the type of nerve pain you describe, and celiac disease, but we've run many articles on the connection between celiac disease and enamel defects, which can be viewed below. Of course, it's possible that it was somehow related, but I've just not seen it described in any medical journals/studies.

https://www.celiac.com/search/?&q=enamel&type=cms_records2&search_and_or=and&search_in=titles&sortby=relevancy

 

 

[Bradford beyer]

20 hours ago, trents said:

Trigeminal neuralgia? 

I agree after reading some of the other responses.   Thank God I found gluten-free.  

[cristiana]

Hi Bradford

Sorry but I've taken a while to see this.

I remember reading one online article some years ago on this - basically, it said that for some coeliacs a strict gluten free diet can help resolve TN pain.   I cannot find it now, of course!  But thank you for posting - I really hope this info. can be of help to other sufferers.

Cristiana