Technique for Locating/Treating Irritated Jaw or Facial Nerve (California)

Found this clinic that was able to precisely locate the area in the jaw nerve which was causing T & H and then treated the location with a nerve block injection.

I know this already exists but I'm not sure if many clinics are able to treat it with this type of precision.

The person in the case study was suffering for 6 years as a result of medication withdrawal. It's an "MRI Guided Procedure".

https://www.nervemed.com/case-study-landmark-tinnitus-treatment-by-inm/

 

This is great. I wonder if works for cases of acoustic trauma. By the sounds of it, they'll test it out soon.

 

Unfortunate for many people with H...

 

@Foncky I know, it can very loud. The open ones are slightly lower - the woman in the case study had T and H. I turned down my original appointment out of fear (not with this clinic, but the initial one you get referred to from the ENT). I guess, if there's a really good chance someone feels their issue may be jaw/facial nerve related, then the loudness is okay for the time being if you'll be receiving a "fix" right after. But as with many things, it's definitely a risk. It's amazing how delicate we become after have T&H, things you would have never though of as being threats. I used to think it was funny that my dog was scared of plastic bags, now I'm worse than he is.

 

Are there such clinics in the UK to your knowledge? This sounds interesting...thanks for sharing.

 

Holy cow you got referred to such treatment by an ENT? That a heck of a more proactive approach to T then most of us get from an ENT. Was this sort of treatment offered to you as a research project, or was it a public or private health service?

the comment about your dog was funny.

 

@SilverSpiral No, I think you misunderstood. My ENT didn't refer me to this service, I just found it on my own researching. My ENT said something like "you can try getting an MRI..." but then I didn't because I knew it would be too loud.

@Candy The initial scan is called an MR-Neurography. Then the open MRI procedure is to precisely place the injection. I'm sure if you asked around you would find a good neurology clinic that would offer to do it.

 

I did misunderstand. thought you meant you turned down a referral to a treatment like this because of the MRI component.

 

did you have teeth clenching problem while on paxil? Its hard to tell at night unless a sleeping partner can hear it? Just wondering if its withdrawal from antidepressant or caused by teeth clenching very hard that caused nerve damage and that could have been caused by the antidepressant meds?

 

@Florida John It does cause clenching in many people but I remember feeling when it was coming on. I had actually tried to reinstate the Paxil after the "safe" reinstatement period and my body rejected it. A day or two later I had severe ear pain and shortly after, the T started.

 

Hang in there the best you can! I am hoping better days for you!

 

Wow great find!

 

I just wanted to add that the doctor who performed this does not have great reviews by his other patients for other procedures. However, I'm sure there are neurology clinics that can perform similar procedures.

 

A word of warning about Dr. Filler of Neuromed. He is NOT a neurosurgeon.