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What Causes Pain In The Jaw And Ears?
I had a painful click in my jaw on my left side while biting a nut five days ago following with an ear pain not able to chow on my left side and fitting my teeth, having difficulty hearing by that ear. I can chew easier on the other side now but I have pain in my ear. some times very sharp pain. I am taking 2 pills of Advil every 4 hours but after 4 hours the pain comes back and it really hurts. It also hurts when I press at the bottom part of Tragus of my ear, External acoustic meatus. I am getting worry about it! Thank you
Sat, 14 Jul 2018
Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.
Your symptoms of click in jaw along with pain on chewing and pain in ear iis clearly pointing towards problem with the jaw joint on the left side.
As there is difficulty in occlusion or bite also then it is probably jaw joint displacement.
So my suggestion is to consult an oral physician and get evaluated and a clinical evaluation and investigations like Panoramic x ray can help in confirmation.
If there is displacement of the jaw joint then it has to be reduced to its anatomical position.
For now take a muscle relaxant like Chlorzoxasone and take soft meals.
Avoid trying to open the mouth too wide..
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Honey Arora
Your symptoms of click in jaw along with pain on chewing and pain in ear iis clearly pointing towards problem with the jaw joint on the left side.
As there is difficulty in occlusion or bite also then it is probably jaw joint displacement.
So my suggestion is to consult an oral physician and get evaluated and a clinical evaluation and investigations like Panoramic x ray can help in confirmation.
If there is displacement of the jaw joint then it has to be reduced to its anatomical position.
For now take a muscle relaxant like Chlorzoxasone and take soft meals.
Avoid trying to open the mouth too wide..
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Honey Arora
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