Too Painful to Chew
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Dr. Abe graduated from The University of Tokyo School of Medicine in 2015. He completed his residency at the Tokyo Metropolitan Health and Longevity Medical Center. He co-founded Ubie, Inc. in May 2017, where he currently serves as CEO & product owner at Ubie. Since December 2019, he has been a member of the Special Committee for Activation of Research in Emergency AI of the Japanese Association for Acute Medicine. | | Dr. Abe has been elected in the 2020 Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia Healthcare & Science category.
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Content updated on Jan 4, 2023
About the symptom
Cannot chew well due to pain describes pain that makes it hard to chew.
When to see a doctor
Seek professional care if you experience any of the following symptoms
Abnormal sensation (tingling, prickling)
Palpitation
Numbness of the body
Dizziness
Fever
Numbness / sensory disorder
Muscle weakness in the limbs
Headache
Possible causes
- Spinal canal stenosis . spondylolisthesis
Narrowing of the canal that surrounds the spinal cord. It can be caused by normal wear and tear of the spine, or by previous injury to the region.
- Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) or chronic relapsing polyneuropathy occurs when immune system attacks the myelin sheaths (protective fatty covering) around the nerves. The exact triggers are unclear but could be systemic conditions like liver disease, diabetes, infections, cancer, immune system disorders, etc.
- Familial amyloid polyneuropathy
Familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAPs) are a group of life-threatening multisystem inherited disorders in which amyloid (abnormal protein that can be deposited in any tissue) deposit in the nerve fibers and around the nerves.
Adrenal cancer
Spinal cord infarction
Inclusion body myositis
Eosinophilic polyangiogenic granulomatosis EGPA
Autoimmune necrotizing myopathy (statin-related autoimmune myopathy)
Related serious diseases
- Mumps
A highly contagious infection with the Mumps virus.
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Do you have difficulty chewing due to pain?
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Reviewed By:
Yoshinori Abe, MD (Internal medicine)
Dr. Abe graduated from The University of Tokyo School of Medicine in 2015. He completed his residency at the Tokyo Metropolitan Health and Longevity Medical Center. He co-founded Ubie, Inc. in May 2017, where he currently serves as CEO & product owner at Ubie. Since December 2019, he has been a member of the Special Committee for Activation of Research in Emergency AI of the Japanese Association for Acute Medicine. | | Dr. Abe has been elected in the 2020 Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia Healthcare & Science category.
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