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Does Extreme Stress Cause Headache And Pain In Jaw?
My 88year old mum has type on diabetes ,she is very frail and is at present coping with the knowledge that her husband of 66years has terminal cancer ,she has vascular dementia also so dips in and out of understanding his condition . This morning she has woken with a set jaw and pain in her head is this tension ,stress or something more serious ?
Fri, 14 Oct 2016
Hi Dear,
Welcome to HCM.
Understanding your concern. As per your query you have symptoms of headache and pain in jaw which seems to be due to bruxism, TMJ dysfunction and it could be due to high points. In your case the symptoms seems to be due to bruxism , which occur due to many reasons like stress as you asked in query , sinusitis , impacted wisdom tooth or sleeping disorders. I would suggest you to visit oral surgeon once and get complete examination done and start treatment after complete examination. You should go for OPG examination. You should use night guard if it is due to bruxism. Go for facial muscle relaxing exercises. Avoid sharp and sticky food and take light and soft diet. You should maintain complete oral hygiene. Take muscle relaxants and try to reposition jaw whenever it will cause pain. In such cases minde relaxing exercises like meditation can help alot.
Hope your concern has been resolved.
Get Well Soon.
Best Wishes,
Dr. Harry Maheshwari
Welcome to HCM.
Understanding your concern. As per your query you have symptoms of headache and pain in jaw which seems to be due to bruxism, TMJ dysfunction and it could be due to high points. In your case the symptoms seems to be due to bruxism , which occur due to many reasons like stress as you asked in query , sinusitis , impacted wisdom tooth or sleeping disorders. I would suggest you to visit oral surgeon once and get complete examination done and start treatment after complete examination. You should go for OPG examination. You should use night guard if it is due to bruxism. Go for facial muscle relaxing exercises. Avoid sharp and sticky food and take light and soft diet. You should maintain complete oral hygiene. Take muscle relaxants and try to reposition jaw whenever it will cause pain. In such cases minde relaxing exercises like meditation can help alot.
Hope your concern has been resolved.
Get Well Soon.
Best Wishes,
Dr. Harry Maheshwari
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