My face

[CtResident]

Haha, no smart aleck remarks here!

I've had numbness on my left side of my face for a while now, transient, the usual "non-issue".......no TN type of pain, just numbness.

But today my entire face from the mouth up feels odd. My head has the ache I used to get that I would describe as an "ache of the head, but not a headache!"

Oh yeah, my upper lip is tingling. Used to be the left side, now it's the whole thing.

I have had the ache before. I have had the numbness before. I have never had them both together. It's a rather wacky feeling, and I don't like it.  

My vision is getting the lines under the words and blurry...so I do believe it's time to shut down and crash on the couch.

Any ideas on what is happening here?

Suzanne

[Want to feel well!!!]

Don't know if this is like your numbness, there is a nerve in your cheek, cannot remember the name, but pressure on that nerve can cause facial numbness on one side.

Wanna

[CtResident]

Well, I just woke up.....I feel a teensy bit better, but something is different.

Do you mean the trigeminal nerve?

[jensequitur]

Trigeminal nerve is it.  Neuralgia is when you experience pain along the trigeminal nerve.  The most disconcerting of these was the pain I got behind my molars on the left side - a sharp stabbing pain that felt like I'd been shocked with an electric jolt.

[Want to feel well!!!]

Jens:  That's it.  I went to the dentist a few years ago, thinking I had an abscessed tooth.  It wasn't the tooth (thank goodness) but it wasn't until recently I found out what it really was.

That has been causing my facial numbness...I was just told.

Ct:  What is different?  Are you doing okay?

Wanna

[CtResident]

I think the difference was these two separate feelings had merged into one. I felt like everything from the mouth to the top of my head was kind of squeezy. I now feel normal again, meaning just minor numbness on the left side. See, normal is a relative term!

As for the TN topic: I hesitate to mention it because I do NOT get the electrical jolts, sharp pains, nothing pain-related. Just numb-related.

I do have sensitive teeth, but nothing that ever prompted a trip to the dentist, just for cleanings.

(Electrical jolts are on other parts of me though.)

Thanks, I do feel better!

Suzanne

[jensequitur]

When I first went to the doc (my face was numb) she called it neuralgia, even though I experienced no pain (at the time!)

[CtResident]

Well, we did have a windy spell here a few days ago. I went outside and the wind on my face hurt.....it was only for a few seconds as I ducked back into the house, but it got my attention.

In my best "mom" voice: Let's make sure this doesn't happen again!

lol

Suzanne