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Jaw Tightness...ahhh!

Victoria6102

By Victoria6102
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I was diagnosed with Celiac disease about 4 months ago. I went totally gluten free and have been sooo careful about CC and everything...still wasn't feeling any better. Then about 1 month ago I got a stomach bug :P Since then I have felt even worse. And last week the most annoying thing started happening to me. I started getting this weird tightness across my whole lower jaw, mostly on the sides. It won't go away no matter what I do. It's not painful or anything, just annoying. The weird thing is, when I wake up, it starts, then doesn't stop til I can get to sleep at night. The only way I can make it go away is by eating, and it only goes away for a little while. Obviously I can't eat 24/7 so I have been chewing a lot of gum, which helps a little but i have no idea what to do. Please help!!!!

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I was diagnosed with Celiac disease about 4 months ago. I went totally gluten free and have been sooo careful about CC and everything...still wasn't feeling any better. Then about 1 month ago I got a stomach bug :P Since then I have felt even worse. And last week the most annoying thing started happening to me. I started getting this weird tightness across my whole lower jaw, mostly on the sides. It won't go away no matter what I do. It's not painful or anything, just annoying. The weird thing is, when I wake up, it starts, then doesn't stop til I can get to sleep at night. The only way I can make it go away is by eating, and it only goes away for a little while. Obviously I can't eat 24/7 so I have been chewing a lot of gum, which helps a little but i have no idea what to do. Please help!!!!

do u maybe have some TMJ?? i have it a little- and chewing gum aggrevated it BIG TIME... i rarely chew gum now.

the only thing to do for it really is learn to relax and unlearn the clenching of your jaw. massage can help- actually when a therapist diggs into my traps and occipitals-> sometimes that releases my jaw (cause everything is connected). and then , there's a mouthguard that a dentist can make for u

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Look into the possibility of TMJ. I rarely chew gum, because it really does aggravate TMJ. I have actually dislocated my jaw. Seriously I had to have it "popped" back into place. That really sets a girl up for a lot of jokes. :blink:;)

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Talk to your dentist. I clench my jaws at night. I wonder if I trained myself to do this so that I wouldn't drool on my pillow :P . Like a previous poster said, I am actively trying to relax my jaws at night. I do have a mouth guard that I wear at night also.

In addition, I had a really bad spell about this time last year and was put on a muscle relaxer for a while which helped. I have noticed a pattern in that my jaw pain/soreness/tightness has returned again this year. I have always had teeth pain when I have sinus issues. Sometimes I have teeth pain and no active sinus drainage but I get relief still treating my sinuses . . . right now I've been taking a daily allergy med and it is helping my teeth/jaws. I've decided based on last years issues and the return of symptoms at the same time this year that I've got some kind of allergy.

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Ok I will look into that! Thanks so much!

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Look into the possibility of TMJ. I rarely chew gum, because it really does aggravate TMJ. I have actually dislocated my jaw. Seriously I had to have it "popped" back into place. That really sets a girl up for a lot of jokes. :blink:;)

:lol:

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