cant open my jaw :(

[duke246810]

Hi I was told a while aago i may hhave to have a jaw operation to make mymy tetth look better. Im not having that done. But after the past few days I've been getting a very painful left ear and left side of my hehead its been very pressured and uncomfortable. I went to the doctors and I have no ear infection but then again tthey didnt really listen to me. So today my jaw starts hurting on the left side and now I can hardly open my mouth. And when i ddo I feel by my ears and the jaw opens aat different times either side. Im scared there is something seriously wrong lot that I wont be able to open my jaw or it will break or there's a deadly infection that's going to go to my brain. I've been told i grind ssometimes aand my tooth enamel has gone because of this and im scared of a deadly infection. When im relaxed my jaw tends to sit open and to the side abit and when i ckench mmy teeth ttogether mmy kleft side don't touch but my right side do. Please help im petrified :(

---------- Post added at 20:15 ---------- Previous post was at 20:06 ----------

I've just got over a cold and had loads dof phlem so wondering whether the phlem is puss from infection?? :(

[mrs way to worried]

Sounds like you have tmj disorder I have it to and is painful and causes problems with losds of things google tismembular joint disorder or just tmj didorder there r sites that guide u through the symptoms its mainly caused by grinding , hope this helps xx

[william wallace]

I get this from time to time. It's caused by wee bit of calcified cartilidge in the joint. What I do is find the joint, it's in a wee hollow just in front of your earlobe. If you massage the joint while gently trying to open your mouth you might dislodge it and problem solved.
Good luck WW

[duke246810]

Thank you for your replies. With tmj is there any treatments? Or would I have to have an op? :(

[mrs way to worried]

There r things they can do to help splints ect many believe surgery makes it worse and is always a last resort I'd try a tmj forum there r some really good ones about there's also the website tmjhope x

[duke246810]

Im only 17 :(

[nomorepanic]

You haven't been diagnosed with TMJ though and need to get a doc to look at this to properly diagnose.

Personally I would say it was related to your cold