My face hurts next to my ear

Nerve-related pain is a type of nerve pain that many people will experience. In particular, there are certain connections between the facial nerves, so the facial nerves are prone to pain. Some patients experience pain in the facial nerves near the ears, which directly causes pain inside the ears, causing the patients to feel extremely uncomfortable. What diseases can cause facial pain near the ears?

What are the causes of temporomandibular arthritis?

Among all types of arthritis, there is a type of disease that is not well known to us, that is, jaw osteoarthritis. I believe that we are not very familiar with various types of arthritis in our lives, so in order to let us know more about this type of arthritis, let us introduce to you the main causes of this disease.

Temporomandibular arthritis

1. Crooked teeth. Difficulty in moving the jaw up and down easily may be caused by "crooked" tooth position (which dentists call a bad bite). So the treatment is to make the teeth bite correctly. If your teeth don't fit together properly, it can lead to TMJ. But this is not absolute. Many people have a good bite but suffer from TMJ, while many people do not have TMJ despite crooked teeth.

2. Muscle imbalance. Another cause of TMJ is muscle imbalance. Correction of the bite can help, and the use of mirrors and biofeedback can also relieve symptoms.

3. Muscle imbalance may also have other causes. Often people with TMJ will clench their teeth or grind their teeth when they are nervous, just as some people may rub their fists and have sweaty palms when they are nervous. The more uncomfortable they feel, the tighter they bite; the tighter they bite, the more severe the pain; the more severe the pain, the more anxious they feel and the more nervous they become, which in turn makes them bite tighter, forming a vicious cycle. TMJ patients may also grind their teeth during sleep.

As we can see from the causes of jaw osteoarthritis, it is very difficult to suffer from this disease. Although this type of arthritis is relatively rare, everyone should not be careless. You may accidentally encounter the cause of this disease in your life and suffer from this rare disease.