Posted by Penny on November 05, 1998 at 18:00:40:
In Reply to: Clenching/Virus?? posted by Nancy on November 05, 1998 at 14:47:15:
Well, I do have TMJ. And clusters. I do get pain from the TMJ and some headaches but I can get relief from Ibuprofen and can prevent much of the problems with being careful how I sleep, not eating hard foods, not opening my mouth wider than is comfortable,e tc. When I am having clusters I often have other headaches at the same time or during the day. I get migraines around my period or if I don't get enough sleep-you can see that connection! Who gets enough sleep with clusters, right?
But not being a "medically correct" person, I am not sure if the nerve that seems to be involved in clusters which I cannot even remember the name of right now, and the nerve connected to the jaw are the same.
As far as the virus and/or tooth connection, it all sounds really interesting to me. I have suspected that stress on the body can start a cycle of clusters; my very worst cycle came right in the middle of an awful urinary tract infection where I was running fevers of 103+. I really never had any bladder discomfort! I was really out of it for several weeks although I tried to pretend otherwise as we good mothers and employees tend to do.