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Eagle syndrome (also termed stylohyoid syndrome, [1] styloid syndrome, [2] stylalgia, [3] styloid-stylohyoid syndrome, [2] or styloid–carotid artery syndrome) [4] is an uncommon condition commonly characterized but not limited to sudden, sharp nerve-like pain in the jaw bone and joint, back of the throat, and base of the tongue, triggered by swallowing, moving the jaw, or turning the neck. [1]
Due to the proximity of the ear to the temporomandibular joint, TMJ pain can often be confused with ear pain. [23] The pain may be referred in around half of all patients and experienced as otalgia (earache). [50] Conversely, TMD is an important possible cause of secondary otalgia.
Symptoms of ATN may overlap with a pain disorder occurring in teeth called atypical odontalgia (literal meaning "unusual tooth pain"), with aching, burning, or stabs of pain localized to one or more teeth and adjacent jaw. The pain may seem to shift from one tooth to the next, after root canals or extractions.
Ear pain, also known as earache or otalgia, is pain in the ear. [1] [2] Primary ear pain is pain that originates from the ear. Secondary ear pain is a type of referred pain, meaning that the source of the pain differs from the location where the pain is felt. Most causes of ear pain are non-life-threatening.
Riehle began noticing pain in her ear and jaw, discoloration of her tongue and difficulty eating. She initially attributed these symptoms to her TMJ and nightly teeth grinding.
This includes aching teeth, ear aches, feeling of fullness in sinuses, cheek pain, pain in forehead and temples, jaw pain, pain around eyes, and occasional electric shock-like stabs. Unlike typical neuralgia, this form can also cause pain in the back of the scalp and neck.
Ear pain “Patients will usually go to the dentist’s office for a routine cleaning and it will be detected,” Kochhar says. “The classic case is telling the dentist, ‘I bit my tongue and ...
"Severe throbbing pain in the tooth without major pathology" (IASP definition in the "Classification of Chronic Pain", listing AO as "tooth pain not associated with lesions"). [20] "pain and hypersensitive teeth in the absence of detectable pathology". [3] "pain of an unidentifiable cause that is perceived to be originating in a tooth or teeth ...