Yangtze River ** Wuhan Client December 26 - As soon as he ate or opened his mouth, his ears "gurgle", and the guy was disturbed by this "strange disease", and he couldn't find the reason for going to many hospitals. Finally, he solved the mystery in the dental clinic of Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University: the "misalignment" of the jaw joint. "It's almost impossible to hear the pop now. Mr. Liu, who came for a follow-up visit on the 26th, happily reported the good news to the attending doctor.
Under the doctor's repeated prompts and questions, Mr. Liu remembered that he had yawned hard a month ago, and when he felt that his jaw was about to fall off, and then there was a "clucking" sound. Moreover, this strange sound can be heard by people around you as long as you have one mouth. At first, he thought it was a problem with his ears, but after going to the hospital to check his ears, he didn't find anything abnormal, until he came to the dental clinic of Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University.
The doctor is explaining to Mr. Liu the cause of the disease.
Dr. Li Cheng, who received the patient, took a detailed medical history and carefully examined him, and then told Mr. Liu that he was suffering from a type of temporomandibular joint disorder - temporomandibular joint reducible disc displacement. "It may be caused by excessive traction of the temporomandibular disc when the mouth is opened and yawned, which causes the joint structure to be misaligned. Li Cheng formulated a conservative plan for Mr. Liu to extend and reposition the fitting pad, and instructed him to return to the clinic on time and adjust the running-in pad in time according to his condition. After 2 months of system**, Mr. Liu's temporomandibular joint snapping sound improved significantly.
Li Cheng introduced that the temporomandibular joint is mainly composed of the mandibular condyle, the articular surface of the temporal bone and the articular disc between the two, when doing the mouth opening action, the mandibular condyle process slides and rotates forward and downward along the joint disc, if the "disc-condyle relationship" is disordered, or the mouth is too large, it will cause the mandibular joint head to slide through the joint tubercle in front and below, resulting in dislocation, temporomandibular joint spring, mouth deviation or mouth opening restriction. In addition, yawning, biting an apple, eating too hard, laughing, etc., can also cause a dislocated jaw.
Li Cheng revealed that because there are many clinical symptoms of temporomandibular joint disorder, patients are not well aware, resulting in patients often looking for the wrong doctor, finding that the joints make a popping sound and seeking help from the otolaryngology department, facial pain and headache to go to the neurology department, the face is crooked, the mouth cannot be opened to seek help from the ** department. After the first occurrence of "jaw drop", if it is not received in time and correctly, it may be complicated by chronic synovitis and capsulitis, or joint capsule and ligament tissue relaxation, and eventually cause ** joint dislocation. This disease can cause great pain and inconvenience to patients, and sometimes just a few slight jaw movements can cause jaw dislocation, and the number of times will become more and more frequent, and in severe cases, even several times a day.
Li Cheng pointed out that temporomandibular joint disorders are often manifested as maxillofacial pain, ringing or murmuring in the preauricular area, jaw movement deviation, limited mouth opening, and some people will have symptoms such as facial crookedness, chewing weakness, tinnitus, ear pain, dizziness, headache, etc., which affect the quality of life. He reminded everyone that in life, we must pay attention to protect our oral joints, do not open your mouth too wide, do not chew suddenly after being stimulated by the cold, and do not chew hard objects for a long time. Once the above symptoms appear or temporomandibular joint dislocation, you must rush to a regular hospital for treatment in time. (Yangtze River ** reporter Liu Xuan, correspondent Ding Yanfei, Yue Yuan **production Liu Xuan).
Editor: Yu Lina].
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