Ear Pain When Swallowing, Tightness of the Jaw Posted: 09-07-07 14:39pm
Someone please help, this pain is
excruciating. About two weeks ago I
started getting a pretty bad sore throat,
so I went to the hospital and they did a
strep test. Both the rapid test and the
culture came back negative. It went away
for about a 4 days, then it came back in
mostly the left ear and left side of the
throat. Then it moved exclusively to the
right ear. It only hurts when I swallow. I
went to my family doctor and she did a
blood test for mono which came back
negative. That lasted 3 days, and now on
top of that my jaw is really tight and I
can only open my mouth about an inch. It
doesn't respond to Zicam, robutussin dm,
robu cough and cold, tylenol severe cough
and cold, or Motrin. However Ibuprofin
takes the edge off slightly.
Please toss out some ideas.
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Re: Ear Pain When Swallowing, Tightness of the Jaw Posted: 09-09-07 14:17pm
oomba
wrote:
Someone please help, this
pain is excruciating. About two weeks ago
I started getting a pretty bad sore
throat, so I went to the hospital and they
did a strep test. Both the rapid test and
the culture came back negative. It went
away for about a 4 days, then it came back
in mostly the left ear and left side of
the throat. Then it moved exclusively to
the right ear. It only hurts when I
swallow. I went to my family doctor and
she did a blood test for mono which came
back negative. That lasted 3 days, and now
on top of that my jaw is really tight and
I can only open my mouth about an inch. It
doesn't respond to Zicam, robutussin dm,
robu cough and cold, tylenol severe cough
and cold, or Motrin. However Ibuprofin
takes the edge off slightly.
Please toss out some
ideas.
hey you may have tmd.(jaw disorder) come
to the tmj forum and pm me and ill get you
a good doctor and we can get this taken
care of.
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oomba
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Joined: 07 Sep 2007 Posts: 2
Re: Ear Pain When Swallowing, Tightness of the Jaw Posted: 09-09-07 16:46pm
dyanmatteson
wrote:
oomba
wrote:
Someone please help, this
pain is excruciating. About two weeks ago
I started getting a pretty bad sore
throat, so I went to the hospital and they
did a strep test. Both the rapid test and
the culture came back negative. It went
away for about a 4 days, then it came back
in mostly the left ear and left side of
the throat. Then it moved exclusively to
the right ear. It only hurts when I
swallow. I went to my family doctor and
she did a blood test for mono which came
back negative. That lasted 3 days, and now
on top of that my jaw is really tight and
I can only open my mouth about an inch. It
doesn't respond to Zicam, robutussin dm,
robu cough and cold, tylenol severe cough
and cold, or Motrin. However Ibuprofin
takes the edge off slightly.
Please toss out some
ideas.
hey you may have tmd.(jaw disorder) come
to the tmj forum and pm me and ill get you
a good doctor and we can get this taken
care of.
Thanks, I figured it out. As it turns out,
I had tonsillitis caused by strep, and the
jaw problem was due to my wisdom teeth
coming in. Thanks, though.
