Biting

[weegiz12345]

Hi

Does anyone else have a problem with biting their front lip or inside of their cheeks when eating? I'm always biting myself when eating. Is this another ataxia trait or just me.

Louise

[oniki44]

I am always biting the inside of my cheeks when eating. Very painful when you eat anything afterwards, especially citrus fruit. I blame muscle weakness that we all seem to suffer from.

[weegiz12345 in reply to oniki44]

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[kuchee]

I had biting issue very occasionally but has overcome by a trick while eating.

Eat slowly and with focus. Keep your lips joined while eating any thing. Hope this works!

[weegiz12345 in reply to kuchee]

Thanks for your reply will try your tricks

[ConfusedAtaxian]

Often!

[weegiz12345 in reply to ConfusedAtaxian]

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[MBubble]

Yep, started to happen recently.

[weegiz12345 in reply to MBubble]

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[wobblybee]

😬 I regularly bite my tongue, particularly on the left side.

[weegiz12345 in reply to wobblybee]

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[ddmagee1]

Yes, I used to have a big problem with that, due to a tightening, seizing up, of jaw muscles/tendons. After the Doc put me on Sinemet ( for Parkinson’s Disease ), I haven’t had a recurrence of the problem.

[weegiz12345 in reply to ddmagee1]

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[turner47]

Yes am always biting the inside of my cheek or tongue x

[weegiz12345 in reply to turner47]

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[tellme]

Hi!

I have Fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS), with parkinsonism in my case. Since the past year, I started biting the inside of my cheeks frequently too. I thought, it was because I loosed a lot of weight times ago. It's very painful and eating slowly can help.

[weegiz12345]

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[weegiz12345]

Thanks for all your replies seems it is ataxia related

[february]

Yes, I'm always biting the inside of my mouth while eating and blame this on having ataxia (due to Niemann Pick C disease) for 20+ years. Eating slowly seems to help me! I also take small sips of water between bites!

[Hidden]

My dentist said it was common to bite inner cheeks at night. This. Then swells and easy to bite when eating. So I make sure all is in place when I go to bed. I inflate cheeks!

[weegiz12345]

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[Zingolito]

Me too...

[weegiz12345 in reply to Zingolito]

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[Divz_363]

i have sca3from 6 yrs now. and im 36 yrs female. i think its coz of ataxia i bite my tounge /cheecks/my lips sometimes........but i think its ataxia trait............

[weegiz12345 in reply to Divz_363]

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[Hidden]

Post script to my post of a few days ago. I think that the dentist deals with this problem quite regularly. It is not only an ataxic problem but a ageing one as well! We can't win!

[weegiz12345 in reply to Hidden]

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[auntiesally]

my tongue sometimes feels to big for my mouth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yep, have the biting problem to, but wouldnt dwell on it to much

[weegiz12345 in reply to auntiesally]

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[Kitdog123]

Yes I do too, all the time.