I hit my chin and now it hurts when I open my mouth

Many people often fall down in life. When falling, the parts that are most likely to be hit are the chin and head. When the chin is hit, it is particularly prone to redness and swelling. Sometimes it will hurt when opening the mouth. In severe cases, it may even affect our normal eating and drinking. If necessary, the patient can apply some medicinal wine for injuries. So why does it hurt when opening the mouth after hitting the chin?

It is caused by hitting the chin while riding a bicycle, which also damages the mandibular joint, which is located in front of the ear.

Guidance: It is recommended that you should mainly eat liquid or soft food in the next few days, avoid eating hard or overly chewed food, and take some blood circulation and pain relief capsules if necessary to facilitate recovery.

According to the information you provided, it is considered that the symptoms are caused by mandibular joint dysfunction syndrome. Timely self-adjustment can improve the symptoms.

Guidance: First of all, you need to pay attention to the conditioning of diet. Do not eat raw, cold and hard food. Take oral medications such as ibuprofen sustained-release tablets and Yuanhu analgesic tablets. Use local hot compresses, acupuncture and massage to regulate your body. I wish you good health.

It is considered that it may be inflammation of the temporomandibular joint secondary to mandibular trauma. You can apply hot compresses to the affected area three days after the injury, and take oral anti-inflammatory and blood-activating drugs to treat it.

Suggestions: Pay attention to rest, avoid excessive chewing, and do not eat raw, cold, hard, spicy and other foods to avoid aggravating the pain. If there is no improvement after a week, go to the hospital for an X-ray to rule out fractures.

The above situations are mostly caused by damage to the mandibular joint, which leads to pain and discomfort. It is recommended to go to the hospital for a mandibular joint X-ray examination.

Suggestions: If there is a subluxation of the mandibular joint, you can choose to reposition the mandibular joint. If it is a simple soft tissue injury, you can choose to treat it with Sanqi Injury Tablets and Loxoprofen Sodium.