12-Year Old Son Experiencing Pain in the Jaw and Ear Posted: 02-21-06 23:22pm
my 12 year old son has been having some
ear pain from the beginning and jaw pain,
well, i took him to the oral surgeon and
his 12 year old molers are coming in at
the moment, he lanced his gums( lasored),
so that the corners of his teeth could
come the rest of the way through, that was
last wedsday when he had the surgery, he
has been having clear liquid coming from
the left her and he has been on 2 kinds of
pain medicaton and none of them work, it
sounds really crazy, and my son is not a
hypocondriact, im trying to get to the
bottom of this , and im really tired and
drained from staying up all night with his
pain and im doing all a mother can do,
he has an appointment with a ear
specialist this friday to determined if
this is really it it has to be, please
help me , what do you think about all
this.
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Dental Health Answer A521 Posted: 03-22-06 10:24am
The pain your son is experiencing could be
caused by an outer or middle ear
inflammation. You can go immediately to an
ENT-specialist . I understand that it is
not easy to be a parent through my own
experience. Some warm covering above the
affected ear could relieve the pain, as
might analgesics.
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