Tag: Trigeminal neuralgia

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Toothache? It may not be a tooth problem, beware of trigeminal neuralgia.

At two o’clock at night, a messy and hurried footsteps broke the peace of the night. A haggard-faced elderly female patient with great pain and helplessness written on her face came to the neurological emergency room. I saw her gently covering her right face with one hand and rubbing her skirt tightly with the other hand. The covered face was red and swollen, and saliva flowed out of the mouth from time to time. I hastily asked: [Hello, may I ask why you are not feeling well? ] The patient grinned softly and said in a low and vague voice: “Doctor, my toothache here is like an electric drill, for a while.” The son of the patient went on to Read More …

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Toothache is a disease and can kill you.

Everyone has heard a saying: [Toothache is not a disease, it kills people when it hurts]. Toothache is always neglected by people, probably because it is not so easy to kill people. However, isn’t toothache really a disease? Is it true that no one will be killed? Of course not. Today, Dr. Clove asked Dr. He Jianliang from the Department of Stomatology to tell you about it. Oral diseases can really kill people. Does toothache really not kill people? Of course! Oral diseases sometimes cause systemic diseases. For example, wisdom tooth pain, often appears pericoronitis, that is, gum swelling and pain around the teeth. If not controlled, the infection will progress to soft tissues around the oral cavity. As a Read More …