Posted on 05/21/2011 7:18:30 PM PDT by JBGUSA
This post is a search for the knowledge of the community.
Since December 2000 one of my friends has had pain in the lower left quadrant of my mouth always in one particular tooth. The pain is a dull, deep, gnawing, crushing pain that he describes as being with him 24 hours a day. Its intensity varies, but it is always there. It is completely ruling his life. The pain started with a crown preparation of tooth #20 in December of 2000. After tooth #20 was extracted (July 2003) the pain immediately jumped to tooth #19. Two years later (July 2005), tooth #19 was extracted and the pain immediately jumped to tooth #18. The pain remains in tooth #18. My friend has been diagnosed with a neuropathy of the trigeminal nerve. A mandibular nerve block does NOT block the pain so it appears that there is a Central Nervous System component to the problem.
Because my friend has tried everything that is mainstream, he and his family are not interested in more good doctors, but rather doctors, treatments or patients who have overcome severe chronic pain in some experimental or through some highly unexpected approach. If you have a thought on how to help or put us in touch with someone, please let me know. The beginning of this post is a specific, technical explanation of his condition. Thank you anyone who can offer any suggestions and/or contacts.
Please respond, private message or e-mail to ch11lawyer@yahoo.ca .
JBGUSA
Huh???
Is it your pain or his pain?
Once that is straightened out I’m sure FReepers will have good suggestions.
pain tends to make you slightly incoherent
My advice: shuddup in his presence!
Somebody needs a long slow root canal.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_t8xp3ojpdk&feature=player_embedded#at=15
ice cube between the left thumb and index finger, back of the hand one inch from edge of web
CyberKnife
if this doesn’t work we’re going to have to amputate
His mouth. Typo. I was adapting a frantic request for help on Facebook.
His pain. Typo. No edit function here.
Get some clove oil and swab it around the base of the tooth that is the problem. Garlic works, too. Garlic oil, use it the same way, but it’s strong, be warned. Or, you can also cut open a garlic clove and find some way to hold it in place over the base of the painful tooth at the gum line, or crush it and do the same. All of these are anti-inflammatories and can work oralliy in the instance of pain.
Sounds like the dentist who did the crown work wasn’t very thorough and your friend needs a root canal, though, honestly. What I’ve described is stopgap. It should help some. Anitbacterial, too, so if the decay is anywhere near the clove oil, garlic oil or garlic, there will be some benefit of doing this above and beyond pain relief.
It’s not instantaneous relief, though. Takes an hour or two to kick in. Fresh garlic can create a burning sensation, so that’s another thing you’d want to be aware of.
Acupuncture is amazing for pain control
That scene is even crazier than I remember it being.
Your friend has pain in your mouth? Now that is weird!
He should ask his dentist or PCP for a prescription for Neurontin / gabapentin. It works for all kinds of nerve pain and is worth a trial at least.
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