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Originally Posted by Stacy2012
This is off topic, but you all are smart, so I am asking. Why would my jaw start hurting out of the blue? My joint and under ear hurts to open my jaw wide. I googled it, and I know heart attack can be a cause, but what else? Not that heart attack is not scary enough, lol.
Been hurting for two days.
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Hi Stacey
About 4yrs ago I had a similar thing happen. I've always had a bit of a click jaw, so I figured I'd done some massive click and bruised it or something. I've often felt a large click which is followed by a loud twang sound in my ear.
For about a week or two it bothered me quite a bit, often times hurting to open my mouth wide. As mysteriously as it came, it vanished perhaps after about a month.
I think,in my case anyway, Mrs D is onto something re: the ear canal nerve.
The other idea that comes to mind is a tooth problem? Many years ago I went to a specialist complaining of jaw pain as you describe. X-rays revealed it was my wisdom teeth rotting. So tooth canal pain can feel like jaw pain too.