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Facial tenderness to touch

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Facial tenderness to touch

Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge reviewed this

39 year experience in Internal Medicine

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Face

Is Symptom of

Sinusitis
Allergy
Chronic sinusitis
Condition
TMJ (temporomandibular joint) disorders
Condition
Trigeminal neuralgia (facial nerve pain)
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A 54-year old female asked:

I am experiencing facial pain or pressure, jaw pain and balance problems. The following also describes me: Facial tenderness to touch. What should I do?

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A 30-year old male asked:

My Wife is pregnant, has a capped a broken molar abscess and now has a toothache, increasing cheek swelling x 3days, jaw and facial tenderness to touch. On Keflex QD x1 switched to Clinda 300mg QID x10. Dentist wants to wait, ED says it's serious.

3 doctor answers • 5 doctors weighed in

A 32-year old female asked:

I have a facial mole that is tender to touch and seems to be inflamed and pink around it.. Any suggestions what this could be? Should i see a doctor?

2 doctor answers • 4 doctors weighed in

A 33-year old female asked:

Approx a week ago I felt as if the left side of my eye was bruised. I woke up today with facial tenderness and sore to the touch. Help?

1 doctor answer • 6 doctors weighed in

A 35-year old female asked about a female:

She is complaining of the skin on the front of her neck and lower face to be tender to the touch. However she has no visual symptoms. ?

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 32-year old female asked:

When I turn my head, something within my R. ear feels like its pulling. Its tender to touch, Sharp pain even when applying facial lotion..15+ years ago, hit by volleyball close range in that same side. Feel it now.. Both ears are sensitive to noise?

1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in

A 36-year old female asked:

Mole is a little sensitive on face. I started picking at it cause I thought there was a pimple under it. Now painful and tender to touch. Red. ?

1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in

A 34-year old female asked:

My face is swallowing on left side it's tender and sore when I touch it. I had a tooth ache yesterday ?

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A 25-year old female asked:

Very corner along lower edge of mandible is tender to touch. No glands are swollen face doesn't appear swollen. Bone itself it seems. It does come and go. I have had tmj in the past but in don't know of that can be connected in that area?

3 doctor answers • 5 doctors weighed in

A 34-year old female asked:

I've had a tender sore feeling on the outside of my head and face on 1 sidewhen I touch it with slight headache and my eye stings no flu symptoms ?

1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in

A 41-year old asked:

My jaw aches, my face bones feel tender to touch across my nose, cheek, temple and jaw. What can I do for this?

1 doctor answer • 3 doctors weighed in

A 34-year old male asked:

I have a bump on my face just under my eye. Thought it was a pimple but it will not come to a head. It is tender to the touch. Then thought it could be a bug bite. Tried to pop it but it will not pop. Then tried to lance it. Just some clear fluid. What do

3 doctor answers • 6 doctors weighed in

A 28-year old female asked:

The right side of my head and face has been extremely sore for the past few days. It is not a headache or sharp pain but just sore to the touch. Why?

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A 19-year old female asked:

I have a mole on my face and occasionally it swells up and is sore to touch. Should i be concerned?

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A female asked:

The other day my wife woke to have a small patch on her face sore to the touch ,as the day went on it turned into a bruise . its now very dark in colo?

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 30-year old female asked:

friend blew in 14 week old sons face she had cold sore. Could he get herpes this way? She also let him touch her mouth then he touched eyes mouth

2 doctor answers • 3 doctors weighed in

A 38-year old female asked:

MRI done told one side of my head is bigger than the other. no blockages it started with side of face sweeling bad..now side of head sore to touch?

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 25-year old female asked:

Hello. A nurse touched her face, she did have an open sore. I shook hands with her. I wasnt able to wash my hands for 1h and 45 mins because I had surgery today. Would it be possible to transfer. I did wash my hands before I used the bathroom?

1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in

A 24-year old female asked:

I have a quarter sized red bump on my face. Clear liquid came out, appeared over night, a little sore to touch, what could this be?

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 21-year old female asked:

I woke up with a red lump on my face that looks like a mosquito bite but it's not itchy or sore to touch. Should i be worried?

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 22-year old female asked:

I have cuts on my fingers and active cold sore . Im worrying now because I have been washing my face etc without realising cuts . Can I give it to my fingers (whitlow) if somehow water from my face splashes or my hands touch my pillow etc?

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A 32-year old female asked:

Sore throat for 2weeks and cough but my head and cheeks feels as if its hot but if i touch my face or take temp its all fine??

1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in

A 31-year old male asked:

Hi there I have a sore lump underneath my mole on my face, right side of the cheek. First few days it wasn't so bad but now it's sore to touch and seems to be getting bigger. Should I be concerned?

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A female asked:

I have an ear infection and have been prescribed amoxiclin. But my skin on my face is sore to touch is it normal?

1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in

A 22-year old male asked:

Hi there, I was at work today I noticed someone who had a cold sore touched my hand near a cut that has a scab. Im assuming he has touched his face as I see him doing that all the time. With a few minutes I pumped my hands with sanitizer am I at risk?

1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in

A 29-year old female asked:

If I touch a genital herpes sore in the shower, wash my hands in the shower, then touch my face with wet hands can I spread the herpes to my face?

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 53-year old female asked:

Tooth is about to fall out it is bad infection and my jaw and chin bone to sore to touch my whole face hurts swelling under chin, can this be life th?

2 doctor answers • 5 doctors weighed in

A 20-year old female asked:

After using clearasil (benzoyl peroxide) my face is red, sore to touch, dry and i'm breaking out horribly. Could this be an allergic reaction? What could I do to two it?

2 doctor answers • 4 doctors weighed in

A 22-year old male asked:

Hi there I was wondering if someone had a cold sore and spat on my face, later on in the shower if I touched my face then genitals could that transfer it there? I am negative for any strain of herpes virus so I dont have resistance to another region?

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A female asked:

My right side of my throat / neck, ear & face hurt. My scalp & skin are sore to touch on that side. I have Fibromyalgia & TMJD . . should I be concern?

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