pain in jaw sent home by hospital OBS ok

[Gotryit]

just recently diagnosed PMR however having increasingly often jaw and ear ache my daughter insisted I go to Aand E but was told my obs ok go back to gp - any ideas or experiences of jaw pain please

[SnazzyD]

What did they check? Did anyone check your jaw joint?

Can you say more about where the pain is exactly, how it behaves, what makes it worse and what makes it better? Common causes of jaw pain can be temporomandibular joint dysfunction, the sternokleidomastoid neck muscles, ear problems and neuralgia. The details are useful for working out what it might be.

[DorsetLady PMRGCAuk volunteer]

As  SnazzyD has said many causes of jaw pain - including GCA - nor really good enough from A&E, as you are already on Pred that will affect the inflammatory readings… and not everyone has raised markers anyway.

TMJ/TMD info -

nhs.uk/conditions/temporoma...

Try this- re GCA - might rule it out -

sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/...

And see this re earache -

link.springer.com/epdf/10.1...

You do need a GP appointment - but maybe have a read through and see if anything rings a bell. And as also said, more info would help us.

[PMRpro Ambassador]

Nothing to add to the others - tell us more details and have a look at the links.

[Gotryit]

thanks for your replies - I no longer have the pain however I feel like I have a clamp along my bottom left jaw lower left face and ear and uncomfortable when I talk but not when I eat and it feels ok when resting - no pain - I have previously been diagnosed with osteoporosis and arthritis