Pain on side of face

[anon07072023]

Hi Everyone,

Yesterday late afternoon I had unrelenting severe pain on the left side of my face. It almost felt like it was a tooth that needed to come out ASAP or a root canal or something.  I'd say the location was on my upper gum or on my cheek below my eye - somewhere in between.  It lasted for several hours.  

I've had numb/tingling/pinpricks/zaps on the left side of my face before - which included my left upper lip, my cheek (inside & out), my gums, and part of my tongue, and also up by the side of my left eyebrow. However, this pain was different than that.  

Now, today the pain in mysteriously gone (happily for me).  But now I'm wondering what the heck was it. I would think if it were a tooth, then the pain wouldn't stop.  And I've been to the dentist fairly recently and they made no mention of any problems with my teeth.  
Could this possibly be what I've heard other people talk about on here - perhaps associated with my MS?

Thanks, and Happy New Year Everyone!
-Kelly

[anon07072023]

I looked up trigeminal neuralgia. Mine is not that severe and didn't just last for seconds at a time.
I just read something about pre-trigeminal neuralgia and that sounds more like what I had - a unrelenting constant throbbing/aching pain between my eye and mouth on my cheek that lasted for several hours.  

[jensequitur]

Phew - I'm glad you're feeling better too.  I've been having fleeting TN pains for a while now, and I'm worried that it will get worse.  The little bit that I had was intensely painful.

[Lulu54]

Kelly, while this could be a flare in dental problems it could also be a brief episode of trigeminal neuralgia.  From what I know you would rather have a root canal than TN, which is so painful that it has been nicknamed "the suicide pain."

I'm glad you're feeling better- I hope it continues.  Lulu