What You Need to Know About Severe TMJ Symptoms

There are a few things that you need to know about severe TMJ symptoms, and unfortunately many people with some of the most extreme TMJ symptoms often delay seeking medical help. These patients do not realize just how dangerous their symptoms are, and they do not realize that the longer they delay treatment - they more likely they are to sustain permanent, irreversible damage.

When severe TMJ symptoms are not treatment, they may cause damage to the joints in the jaw area, the facial nerves (which result in facial numbness), and the facial muscles.

What you also need to know, however, about severe TMJ symptoms is that there still many effective treatments which currently exist that can significantly reduce and relieve these symptoms. Receiving treatment is critical if your TMJ disorder consists of ANY of the following symptoms:

1. Lock jaw - This is characterized by minimal to no ability to open the jaw or mouth, and may require emergency care in extremely severe cases. At this point your jaw joint has become severely worn and misaligned, and is in danger of soon becoming permanently damaged.

2. Severe migraines - These are indicative of a jaw joint that has been misaligned for such an extended period that the joints now improperly rub against the skull bones, the ear, or against a facial nerve.

3. Worn down teeth which are of a noticeably different length or height - Teeth that have been ground to this level are in danger of being irreparable by a neuromuscular dentist. At this point the roots of the teeth may also be affected as well.

4. Vertigo or dizziness, or ringing in the ears

5. Lancing pain in either of the ears or the jaw itself

6. Hearing problems

7. Tingling or numbness in either the fingers or the hands

8. Swelling on the side of the face with the tmj symptoms

Some of these severe TMJ symptoms may occur following any trauma to the face, head, or neck area, such as a severe accident or blow to the head. If you experience these symptoms after such an incident, you should not delay in seeking help for your TMJ disorder.

It is common for any severe blow to the head, neck, or face to create a correspondingly severe and dangerous case of tmj as well, and as such should be treated as soon as possible.

There are many TMJ treatment options that will help to relieve the symptoms associated with the condition. Take some time to visit with a specialist or to learn more about TMJ exercises in or to effectively treat severe TMJ symptoms.