Showing posts with label nose pain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nose pain. Show all posts

Monday, March 19, 2012

Chronic pressure and pain in the nose. Is this a "jaw problem"?

Kunai:
I suffer from chronic pain and pressure in my nose. Can this symptom be caused by a jaw joint problem?

Dr Shapira response: The pain and pressure in your nose may not be due to a "jaw joint" problem but may be referred pain from cranial muscles and/or a Trigeminal Nervous System problem. Neuromuscular Dentistry addresses noxious input into the trigemino-vascular system that may be the underlying cause of your pain.

Kinai: I suffer from chronic light sensitivity vision problems, and I suffer from chronic pain and pressure in my nose.
I also suffer some other symptoms (eye pain, etc.), as well. I had a brain MRI and a Orbit/Eye done in the past, but the results came back negative ("normal").

Dr Shapira: Normal results are always good. These sound like autonomic cephalgia's and may respond well to Sphenpalatine ganglion blocks that can be self administered with a cotton tip aplicator into the nose at home. Many patients have miraculous results from this rather innocuous treatment while others see no benefit.

I have many patients with diverse problems dissaper with just neuromuscular orthotic.