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TMJ Can Be Cause of Secondary Headache

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Michelle Denise	TMJ Can Be Cause of Secondary Headache	Lead	[-]
Posts: 6585 (08/04/08 11:36:25) Senior Member * Moderator * Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Tags : tmj, headaches Remove this ad Medical Encyclopedia Causes of secondary headache Temporomandibular joint, or TMJ, dysfunction, can be a cause of secondary headache. Secondary headaches result from underlying disorders which produce pain as a symptom. The TMJ may become painful and dysfunctional as a result of incorrect alignment of teeth and jaws. In severe cases, the TMJ may require surgical correction. Update Date: 1/24/2008 Updated by: Michael Kapner, DDS, General and Cosmetic Dentistry, New Rochelle, NY. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/imagepages/19251.htm Last Edited By: Michelle Denise 08/04/08 11:39:25. Edited 1 time.
ginnic		#1	[-]
Posts: 460 (08/05/08 19:51:06) Member I Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I keep telling a person I work with, who has a history of horrible migraines AND did have positive answers to some TM questions that I asked her! - anyway, I told her she needs to get her JAW checked out instead of only treating the headaches - which has been going on for a long time now - but for whatever reason she and her doctor have not seriously considered it and she keeps trying various headache medications.................oh well.... I consider myself very lucky that I do not get headaches due to my jaw problems. It would be just one more thing to deal with, argh! Ginni in hot, humid WI

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