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Wife 85 has transient gum pain relieved by oral benzocaine. pain lasts from 10 minutes to hours. no ulcerations or redness. dr. stumped. ideas?
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Gum pain: Firstly one has to rule out tooth issues, gum disease, jaw issues. Once all this is ruled out then one has to assume that she has a type of trigeminal neuralgia
Answered 2/17/2017
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