A few weeks ago I had a sore neck. It started under the right side of my jaw and moved across to the middle of my neck right up to my chin. It's only sore muscles and it goes after a few days, but it also gets very stiff and extremely sore, so i can't yawn or turn my head upwards, and chewing can hurt a bit too. Last time, I had a sore throat that started AFTER the muscle pain went away.
Now I'm experiencing those muscle pains again, the same way, it was underneath the right side of my jaw yesterday and has now moved into the middle and extending downward. I don't have a sore throat.
I'm nearly 18/f, and seeing a doctor presents a problem for me as I suffer uncontrollable panic attacks in those situations.
Any thoughts on what it could be?
This might be a silly question but are you stressed? More than normal? I had similar symptoms twice during the last of my 12th Year exams. When I (finally) went to the dentist about it he explained that I was most likely grinding my teeth in my sleep, and that's what was causing the muscle pain. I had stressed teeth. Go figure.
Anyway I appreciate that you might not like to go to the dentist and he told me that dealing with the stressful situation would probably make it go away and in time it did. There are however other reasons that you could be doing it but fear not. My dentist said that they make mouth guards that would stop you doing it at any chemist or pharmacy. Try one and see if it helps. If not, I was obviously full of crap, sorry.
Hope you figure it out.
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thanks for your suggestion, i'll give it a go. i do tend to stress easily.
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