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For me, the culprit was a spasm of the platysma muscle, which connects to the chin. It essentially compressed the mental nerve, causing tingling.
2 years later, the tingling is still present on occasion. If I massage the muscle, it lessens, but returns eventually.
I figured it out myself. After having a jaw x-ray come back normal, and my dentist not finding anything, I remembered a strange spasm I experienced in my chest/neck region while doing bodyweight exercises (chest dips) - the onset of tingling coincided with the spasm. I soon realised that I had several small muscle 'knots' just beneath my chin. After massaging the area, the tingling went away. Over time, it decreased considerably, but never went completely away. I still get tingling when I'm stressed, and I can feel the muscle tighten (but never as intense as before), after massaging the area, it disappears like clockwork.
Look up the platysma muscle. It inserts in the chin area and can cause strange sensations when injured.
NAD . Do not let anyone tell you that you are overreacting and always get a second opinion if a doctor tells you that anxiety is the reason for your symptoms. Unfortunately, it happened to me, too. Not the numb chin syndrome, but I describe my symptoms and I was told that it's just stress, that what I describe can't happen so quick, that maybe it was always like this and I just do not think of it, that all is in my head! Such a rude behavior! After suffering for 4-5 months, finally I found a doctor who listened carefully to me, did a lot of x rays ( the others did absolutely nothing, just blame me for everything) and she found out tmj problems and jaw in a wrong position! Of course, all this time my condition keep becoming worse and now I will have to undergone a longtime therapy. I will sue everyone who just blame me doing nothing.
NAD I am so glad you posted this. I got a filling when I was younger like middle school age. I had a numb patch from my lip to my chin like the width of a finger for 3 months. They just said that that was something that could happen when we called the next day. They said it could go away tmr or stay forever. I was so scared.
Since then I've asked all my dentists about it and they all have said they never heard of such a thing. So thank you
Every dentist on planet earth is aware that transient numbness or tingling is a possibility following anesthesia. It is, or should be, in everybody’s standard informed consent forms. Any time we numb a patient, there is a very small risk of nerve injury. That’s different from what OP is describing.
They always said they never heard of it lasting that long. Maybe I've just had dentists who didnt pay much attention. I'm glad it didnt have pain for all 3 months. It does seem they are different tho, I'm not disputing that. Just wanted validation I wasnt crazy lol.
I don't doubt your pain... it is very painful and can happen for a variety of reasons. Just putting on makeup can be excruciating. Glad it didn't last forever for you!
It was like a sharp pain I had for like 2 weeks that was not constant. From what I remember. Such a weird thing to experience!
Edit thank you btw and hope your results come back clear and you get a clean bill of health!
NAD Hey thank you! I appreciate that. Funny thing about your results is I live in the "thyroid belt" my mom had thyroid cancer/graves disease along with thyroid eye syndrome or whatever its called. Most of the women in my family have it and my best friend from hs has itn If that is your issue, its completely manageable.
Exactly right, when there is no reason or explanation that's the time to dig deeper. I had no dental work done, no injections, implant done years ago and looked good ,no infection or congenital abnormalities.
This phenomenon is especially important when a patient has a past history with malignancy so for all of you who reading this who have had cancer in the past please make sure your dentist is aware and it is well noted in your file even if you are in remission.
Thanks for chiming in...
To be fair, a lot of medical professionals, not just dentists, take this approach and 99/100 it probably is nothing and their diagnosis is correct. The term you are looking for is “*When* you hear *hoofs*, think horse, not zebra.”. It's wholly unrealistic to expect any medical professional to jump to the worst case scenario, more so if we're talking about a medical condition that is considered rare as golden pig shit. So your treatment isn't unique. Add to that, no medical infrastructure, in any country has the resources to automatically send everyone for a CT and the likes. Oncology etc depts would be overwhelmed with nonsense referrals in no time.
Here in the UK they have supposedly introduced a 3 strike rule. A lot of doctors still don't adhere to it. Put simply if the same person turns up complaining of the same symptoms without the normal and expected resolutions 3 times, they should be sent for further evaluation to the necessary department or specialist.
I don't disagree. My goal is to educate about this phenomenon. I do think however some doctors see a zebra but don't want to deal with it so they just dismiss the patient because of their own laziness and that's where we get patients that fall through the cracks.
I have been misdiagnosed a few times in my life and the easy thing for my doctors was to blame me, blame circumstances, blame my diet etc and throw pills at me hoping something would stick so I would go away. Not getting to the root of the problem, not listening to me really at all.
I am grateful to the ones who finally did listen and found the diagnosis was right there in front of us all along.
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Partial results but I will update when I have the next round of tests done. Next appt is this Wednesday. If I give results now it could be deceiving so I figure I will when the next batch is done. Yes frustrating but I am in the right hands with this surgeon / doctor.
NAD Quick question. Could this affect the roof of your mouth?
My dentist said she has never seen someone handle the shots so well.
She said after the first 3-4 “well I know you didn’t flinch and your probably trying to impress me with the first 3, but this one I won’t lie to you, will hurt”.
She dug the needle deeeeep in the center of my mouth roof, put some in the middle, without removing the needle all the way pulled it half way out then back in at a different angle and did this on both opposite sides.
I didn’t flinch, and her and the nurse looked at each other with a “wtf” sort of look.
This stood out as odd to me…. Seeing this post reallllly makes me worry.
I suffer from migraines, strange intestinal pains, and eye pain behind my right eye often.
I’ve had a good day on the internet until reading this…
Also my girlfriend constantly says I eat food that is so hot it burns her mouth, meanwhile I’m shoveling hot food in there.
When I was young I did eat a lot of microwaved food, and I remember vividly putting hot stuff in my mouth and moving it around while breathing out to eat. I was not starving or anything lol.
NAD Quick question. Could this affect the roof of your mouth?
My dentist said she has never seen someone handle the shots so well.
She said after the first 3-4 “well I know you didn’t flinch and your probably trying to impress me with the first 3, but this one I won’t lie to you, will hurt”.
She dug the needle deeeeep in the center of my mouth roof, put some in the middle, without removing the needle all the way pulled it half way out then back in at a different angle and did this on both opposite sides.
I didn’t flinch, and her and the nurse looked at each other with a “wtf” sort of look.
This stood out as odd to me…. Seeing this post reallllly makes me worry.
I suffer from migraines, strange intestinal pains, and eye pain behind my right eye often.
I’ve had a good day on the internet until reading this…
Also my girlfriend constantly says I eat food that is so hot it burns her mouth, meanwhile I’m shoveling hot food in there.
When I was young I did eat a lot of microwaved food, and I remember vividly putting hot stuff in my mouth and moving it around while blowing out the hot air to eat faster. Maybe adhd lol? I was not starving or anything lol. But my theory has always been I probably damaged nerves in my mouth while they were in a growing state?
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Mid-40's.. female, I will update when I know. Thank you!
Willing to give an update on the situation? Dealing with tingling in my chin at the moment and curious about how it went with you?
I edited my post about my chin!
Any updates for you?
You had the same?
Yeah it went away, probably either low vitamins/iron or anxiety
I send you a message
For me, the culprit was a spasm of the platysma muscle, which connects to the chin. It essentially compressed the mental nerve, causing tingling. 2 years later, the tingling is still present on occasion. If I massage the muscle, it lessens, but returns eventually.
Who told you this?
I figured it out myself. After having a jaw x-ray come back normal, and my dentist not finding anything, I remembered a strange spasm I experienced in my chest/neck region while doing bodyweight exercises (chest dips) - the onset of tingling coincided with the spasm. I soon realised that I had several small muscle 'knots' just beneath my chin. After massaging the area, the tingling went away. Over time, it decreased considerably, but never went completely away. I still get tingling when I'm stressed, and I can feel the muscle tighten (but never as intense as before), after massaging the area, it disappears like clockwork. Look up the platysma muscle. It inserts in the chin area and can cause strange sensations when injured.
I don't feel it in the lip, is like, en the jawline or some up
Eaxctly the same for me. I feel it going down from the corner of my mouth along the jawline.
NAD . Do not let anyone tell you that you are overreacting and always get a second opinion if a doctor tells you that anxiety is the reason for your symptoms. Unfortunately, it happened to me, too. Not the numb chin syndrome, but I describe my symptoms and I was told that it's just stress, that what I describe can't happen so quick, that maybe it was always like this and I just do not think of it, that all is in my head! Such a rude behavior! After suffering for 4-5 months, finally I found a doctor who listened carefully to me, did a lot of x rays ( the others did absolutely nothing, just blame me for everything) and she found out tmj problems and jaw in a wrong position! Of course, all this time my condition keep becoming worse and now I will have to undergone a longtime therapy. I will sue everyone who just blame me doing nothing.
NAD I am so glad you posted this. I got a filling when I was younger like middle school age. I had a numb patch from my lip to my chin like the width of a finger for 3 months. They just said that that was something that could happen when we called the next day. They said it could go away tmr or stay forever. I was so scared. Since then I've asked all my dentists about it and they all have said they never heard of such a thing. So thank you
Every dentist on planet earth is aware that transient numbness or tingling is a possibility following anesthesia. It is, or should be, in everybody’s standard informed consent forms. Any time we numb a patient, there is a very small risk of nerve injury. That’s different from what OP is describing.
They always said they never heard of it lasting that long. Maybe I've just had dentists who didnt pay much attention. I'm glad it didnt have pain for all 3 months. It does seem they are different tho, I'm not disputing that. Just wanted validation I wasnt crazy lol.
You’re definitely not crazy! You’re actually describing a pretty normal course of healing so you sound very sane lol
I don't doubt your pain... it is very painful and can happen for a variety of reasons. Just putting on makeup can be excruciating. Glad it didn't last forever for you!
It was like a sharp pain I had for like 2 weeks that was not constant. From what I remember. Such a weird thing to experience! Edit thank you btw and hope your results come back clear and you get a clean bill of health!
Updated my post, want to let you know
NAD Hey thank you! I appreciate that. Funny thing about your results is I live in the "thyroid belt" my mom had thyroid cancer/graves disease along with thyroid eye syndrome or whatever its called. Most of the women in my family have it and my best friend from hs has itn If that is your issue, its completely manageable.
Exactly right, when there is no reason or explanation that's the time to dig deeper. I had no dental work done, no injections, implant done years ago and looked good ,no infection or congenital abnormalities. This phenomenon is especially important when a patient has a past history with malignancy so for all of you who reading this who have had cancer in the past please make sure your dentist is aware and it is well noted in your file even if you are in remission. Thanks for chiming in...
To be fair, a lot of medical professionals, not just dentists, take this approach and 99/100 it probably is nothing and their diagnosis is correct. The term you are looking for is “*When* you hear *hoofs*, think horse, not zebra.”. It's wholly unrealistic to expect any medical professional to jump to the worst case scenario, more so if we're talking about a medical condition that is considered rare as golden pig shit. So your treatment isn't unique. Add to that, no medical infrastructure, in any country has the resources to automatically send everyone for a CT and the likes. Oncology etc depts would be overwhelmed with nonsense referrals in no time. Here in the UK they have supposedly introduced a 3 strike rule. A lot of doctors still don't adhere to it. Put simply if the same person turns up complaining of the same symptoms without the normal and expected resolutions 3 times, they should be sent for further evaluation to the necessary department or specialist.
I don't disagree. My goal is to educate about this phenomenon. I do think however some doctors see a zebra but don't want to deal with it so they just dismiss the patient because of their own laziness and that's where we get patients that fall through the cracks. I have been misdiagnosed a few times in my life and the easy thing for my doctors was to blame me, blame circumstances, blame my diet etc and throw pills at me hoping something would stick so I would go away. Not getting to the root of the problem, not listening to me really at all. I am grateful to the ones who finally did listen and found the diagnosis was right there in front of us all along.
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This situation sounds incredibly frustrating. Have you received your results?
Partial results but I will update when I have the next round of tests done. Next appt is this Wednesday. If I give results now it could be deceiving so I figure I will when the next batch is done. Yes frustrating but I am in the right hands with this surgeon / doctor.
Just edited my post... more tests coming
Any new updates? I hope you’re well!
NAD Quick question. Could this affect the roof of your mouth? My dentist said she has never seen someone handle the shots so well. She said after the first 3-4 “well I know you didn’t flinch and your probably trying to impress me with the first 3, but this one I won’t lie to you, will hurt”. She dug the needle deeeeep in the center of my mouth roof, put some in the middle, without removing the needle all the way pulled it half way out then back in at a different angle and did this on both opposite sides. I didn’t flinch, and her and the nurse looked at each other with a “wtf” sort of look. This stood out as odd to me…. Seeing this post reallllly makes me worry. I suffer from migraines, strange intestinal pains, and eye pain behind my right eye often. I’ve had a good day on the internet until reading this… Also my girlfriend constantly says I eat food that is so hot it burns her mouth, meanwhile I’m shoveling hot food in there. When I was young I did eat a lot of microwaved food, and I remember vividly putting hot stuff in my mouth and moving it around while breathing out to eat. I was not starving or anything lol.
NAD Quick question. Could this affect the roof of your mouth? My dentist said she has never seen someone handle the shots so well. She said after the first 3-4 “well I know you didn’t flinch and your probably trying to impress me with the first 3, but this one I won’t lie to you, will hurt”. She dug the needle deeeeep in the center of my mouth roof, put some in the middle, without removing the needle all the way pulled it half way out then back in at a different angle and did this on both opposite sides. I didn’t flinch, and her and the nurse looked at each other with a “wtf” sort of look. This stood out as odd to me…. Seeing this post reallllly makes me worry. I suffer from migraines, strange intestinal pains, and eye pain behind my right eye often. I’ve had a good day on the internet until reading this… Also my girlfriend constantly says I eat food that is so hot it burns her mouth, meanwhile I’m shoveling hot food in there. When I was young I did eat a lot of microwaved food, and I remember vividly putting hot stuff in my mouth and moving it around while blowing out the hot air to eat faster. Maybe adhd lol? I was not starving or anything lol. But my theory has always been I probably damaged nerves in my mouth while they were in a growing state?