Facial sensation caused by Scoliosis? Posted: 12-06-06 13:52pm
Hello. I was diagnosed with scoliosis and
TMJ when I was about 12 years old. My
parents did not get me a brace or any kind
of treatment. I never really had pain or
problems until after my first pregnancy.
When I got my epidural, it all went to one
side all the way up to my face. My eye
and my face was droppy for about a day.
About a year after that, I noticed that my
scoliosis was getting worse. My right
shoulder had dropped. I noticed tingling,
burning pain on the right side of my back.
Also started getting migraines. Then, I
kept pulling my muscles in that location
and I would be down for a couple of days.
I finally broke down and went to a
chiropractor. All he did was adjust my
neck. It seems like after he did that, my
whole body went down. My TMJ flared up,
my face and hands started tingling and
burning (both sides), I got a tension,
burning, headache that lasted for a week.
My eyes burn and hurt sometimes. I have
been through massage therapy, nerve
conduction study, even a CT to rule out
brain tumor..even went to another chiro,
however, most of my symptoms are gone
except my face is still tingling on both
sides and my right ear has developed
tinninitus. I have also noticed that I
have a huge knot on the right side of my
neck just under my skull line. I guess my
question is, this facial tingling, could
it be anxiety or just my scoliosis, my
body being out of line? It is really
scary, it feels like ice water in your
veins or sometimes it is sharp burning
electric like jolts.
Facial skin is innervated by the branches
of the trigeminal nerve which is a cranial
(not a spinal) nerve. That’s why
scoliosis, which is a spine disorder,
can’t have any impact on facial skin
sensibility. Scoliosis can, however, have
an impact on sensitivity and motor nerves
of the neck, trunk, arms or legs depending
upon the localization of a lesion. If all
medical examinations of the head are OK,
it seems that the only possibility left to
explain the symptoms you are experiencing
is anxiety.
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