Is cheek biting a sign?

[kaypeeoh]

Occasionally while having a meal I will bite my cheek. It's a deep, painful bite that takes weeks to heal. It happens while having a meal and I don't see it happening til I bite and feel intense pain. I know neurologic signs involving the neck and jaw are not uncommon for people with PD. Can I blame the cheek biting on PD? There was an old remedy known as a mucosal desiccant that could be dabbed on the wound to seal it and stop the bleeding. Tincture of benzoin I think. I used it decades ago.

[kaypeeoh]

I'd forgotten, I wrote this exact same post 7 months ago.

[LagLag37 in reply to kaypeeoh]

Did you get any answers? That happens to me once in awhile but I don’t really think it’s because of PD, but it could be? 🥊

[richardo123 in reply to LagLag37]

yea I have been biting cheek lately as welll. I am aware of it after couple times of this happening.i have pd but I think it’s an age thing

[kaypeeoh in reply to kaypeeoh]

They've happened to me since I was a kid, 8 yrs or so. I think they're canker sores:

mayoclinic.org/diseases-con...

I remember they seem to occur secondary to stressful periods. Such as final exams in school. Just a guess. They don't involve the lips which rules out herpes infections. Like I said, I've gotten them since I was quite young. Doctors blamed trauma like jamming my toothbrush into the gums while brushing my teeth. Or chewing food too fast so that the cheek gets caught between the upper and lower teeth: Maxillary and mandibular tiers.

The only answer seems that they aren't caused by Parkinson's Disease. I always thought they were related to stress so I used "Stress-tabs" til the sores went away. But I've been a hypochondriac since I was 5 or 6 yrs old so don't take it as gospel.

[Tomkins]

I experience that about every couple of months - perhaps more commonly biting my tongue - very painful and alarming (coz so unexpected - no warning - it just suddenly happens) but no blood

I use anbesol or bonjela to soothe my bitten cheek.

[Jebbie12]

I don’t bite my cheek by I often bite my lower inside lip. Then it swells and I keep doing it! I wondered whether it was PD related. Seems I do it more then I did pre PD. I ice it and sometimes just hold my lip out when chewing.

[Gcf51]

I think it is more like falls. Everybody falls occasionally just more often with PD.

[kaypeeoh in reply to Gcf51]

"I think it is more like falls. Everybody falls occasionally just more often with PD."

I don't fall. I don't walk really slow. I don't have balance problems. I don't forget important things like birthdays. I only have PD because the DATScan says I do. I see a neurologist every three months for botox injections in my arm. Next checkup I'll ask her whether these canker sores are possibly related to PD .

[Gcf51 in reply to kaypeeoh]

I haven't failed myself in over 3 yrs and I haven't bit the inside cheeks of my mouth in over 2. Meant as general a PD patient. I have my PD halted with B1.

[Pilipote]

Hi,

Mon époux (qui n’a pas la maladie de Parkinson) avait constamment des aphtes qui mettaient très longtemps à guérir. Les aphtes apparaissaient systématiquement après des morsures. (Il a des dents mal alignées). Depuis qu’il pratique le jeune intermittant (3 ou 4 jours par semaine) et qu’il prend un mélange d’huile de foie de moure et d’huile de nigelle (1 c a s par jour) il n’a plus d’aphte. Je lui ai conseillé d’arrêter une des trois choses pour voir lequel est vraiment efficace mais il refuse car est est trop content de ne plus souffrir de ces aphtes.

j’espère que ça pourra aider.

[Pilipote in reply to Pilipote]

je voulais dire huile de foie de morue.

[pdpatient in reply to Pilipote]

Translation :

I meant cod liver oil.

[pdpatient in reply to Pilipote]

Translation ::

My husband (who does not have Parkinson's disease) constantly had mouth ulcers that took a very long time to heal. Mouth ulcers systematically appeared after bites. (He has misaligned teeth). Since he practices intermittent fasting (3 or 4 days per week) and takes a mixture of moure liver oil and black seed oil (1 tbsp per day) he no longer has mouth ulcers. . I advised him to stop one of the three things to see which one is really effective but he refuses because he is too happy to no longer suffer from these canker sores

I hope this can help.

[GaryTorch]

I bite my tongue. Talk about painful! Yes it is pd related terrible symptom. It makes eating a blood sport. They say chew mindfully but it didn’t work for me. Good luck. Let me know if you figure out a way through it

[nabus]

I, like jebbie6, have been biting the inside of my lips, above and below for a few years now. My front two top teeth have moved inward for some reason. It is highly annoying and painful. I blame PD.😡

[nabus in reply to nabus]

Sorry …..jebbie12 not 6🙄

[Heisthelight]

Hi I'm 53 this year and used to bite my cheek while eating when I was a child but this has not happened for about 3 decades now. Just reading about it brings back those severely painful sensation to my memory. It was my husband who gave me the best explanation: inflammation!causing the cheeks to be swollen. He's a dentist and studies the relation between teeth and tongue and cheek and tissues and how much space there is in between all. I grew up on much processed food although I was a vegetarian. However, I have since changed to a real food diet with a lot of animal protein (do check out carnivore diet for anti-inflammatory) and fresh salad. Fruits is only eaten once in many many months. I also take a multivitamins supplement everyday for nearly 3 decades now and I'm happy to say I no longer experience biting my cheek or tongue while eating.

[Nuthatcher]

yea I bite my cheek. Same spot every time I do it. I never did it before Parkinson’s; so that’s what I’m blaming it on

[FreightTrainSinger]

Bit the inside of my lower lip so much in same spot that I've got scar tissue that protrudes slightly inward. Makes me bite it more. Can't prove it but never did it this pre-PD. 😔