[radicalmachine]

Hi everyone, my name's James and I've developed some neurological problems since I had my wisdom teeth removed at Christmas.

Basically, I had my left lower, right lower and right upper teeth removed, and the left lower was severly impacted. Under general anaesthetic they removed the teeth, but had difficulty removing the left lower, eventually cutting through bone and god knows what else to remove the tooth. Straight after the operation I was in agony, which I expected, and the whole left side of my tongue was numb, which I expected but was disappointed with. Anyway, the agony persisted for 4 weeks with no sign of getting any better. My tongue felt like it was is permanent cramp on the left side. Eventually the pain subsided and I began to experience tingling and pain on the tongue which I believed to be a good sign of the nerves repairing themselves and the sensation returning. Around this time however, I was simply looking in a mirror doing my hair, and all of a sudden I felt a drop under my left eye. My vision changed and made me feel very spaced out, and the eye had a noticeable strabismus to the left, which made seeing out of it very difficult. My long vision which was previously excellent is now smeary and my general vision is unfocused and sloppy. Gradually over the next 2 weeks the strength in the left side of my face began to fade and I had persistent twitching in my cheek and eyebrow muscles. I still have sensation to touch, but the muscles seem much weaker compared to before, and I cannot make the same eyebrow or cheek movements I used to be able to do.

I have an MRI scan tomorrow, but I get the feeling the doctors I'm seeing aren't taking it particularly seriously, ie, you're not going to die tomorrow, so what's the big deal?

I have persistent and random shoots of pain around my cheek, and eyebrow, and I get twitching in my right eyelid and bottom lip.

I was wondering if anyone has experienced anything similar and if anyone has any advice.

Thanks

[azoyizes]

Hi James, and welcome to NeuroTalk! There are lots of forums to check out, and many nice and helpful people here.

I have posted a link below to the dentistry forum to get you started. Good luck with your MRI. I hope they are able to find out what the problem is.

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum89.html

[Darlene]

Hello and welcome to NeuroTalk. Great to see you have come to be with us. You will find a great number of caring, supporting members here willing to help each other as they can.

Again welcome, looking forward to seeing you around.

Darlene

[DM]

Hello James and welcome to NeuroTalk. So, did you have the MRI?? How did it go? Hope you come back and let us know the results.

Glad you found us and look forward to hearing more from you.

[kelbel]

Originally Posted by radicalmachine

Hi everyone, my name's James and I've developed some neurological problems since I had my wisdom teeth removed at Christmas.

Basically, I had my left lower, right lower and right upper teeth removed, and the left lower was severly impacted. Under general anaesthetic they removed the teeth, but had difficulty removing the left lower, eventually cutting through bone and god knows what else to remove the tooth. Straight after the operation I was in agony, which I expected, and the whole left side of my tongue was numb, which I expected but was disappointed with. Anyway, the agony persisted for 4 weeks with no sign of getting any better. My tongue felt like it was is permanent cramp on the left side. Eventually the pain subsided and I began to experience tingling and pain on the tongue which I believed to be a good sign of the nerves repairing themselves and the sensation returning. Around this time however, I was simply looking in a mirror doing my hair, and all of a sudden I felt a drop under my left eye. My vision changed and made me feel very spaced out, and the eye had a noticeable strabismus to the left, which made seeing out of it very difficult. My long vision which was previously excellent is now smeary and my general vision is unfocused and sloppy. Gradually over the next 2 weeks the strength in the left side of my face began to fade and I had persistent twitching in my cheek and eyebrow muscles. I still have sensation to touch, but the muscles seem much weaker compared to before, and I cannot make the same eyebrow or cheek movements I used to be able to do.

I have an MRI scan tomorrow, but I get the feeling the doctors I'm seeing aren't taking it particularly seriously, ie, you're not going to die tomorrow, so what's the big deal?

I have persistent and random shoots of pain around my cheek, and eyebrow, and I get twitching in my right eyelid and bottom lip.

I was wondering if anyone has experienced anything similar and if anyone has any advice.

Thanks

Hey! Sometimes there are risks involved with the removal of wisdom teeth. I am surprised you did not have to sign a waiver explaining these risk. Anytime you have teeth removed, there is a risk of severing a nerve. The symptoms you described sound like bells palsey which is a result of nerve damage. In most cases everything returns to normal but can take a very long time. In rare cases damage can be permanent. Hopefully your symptoms will disappear and return to normal.

[GmaSue]

Welcome to NeuroTalk and I hope you find some answers soon.

[Army Wife]

Hi James, and welcome to NeuroTalk!