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From: margaret@asgb.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: another treatment for TMJ
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Date: Tue, 22-Jan-85 16:01:11 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan 22 16:01:11 1985
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Organization: Burroughs Corporation, Boulder Colo.
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<bugs with TMJ can't eat this line>
I suffered from a severe case of TMJ from the time I was 13 until I was 17. 
For several years, its main manifestation was a constant earache, accompanied
by intermittant (sp?) headaches. I was treated for everything from ear
infections to allergies. I finally diagnosed myself after reading an article
in Reader's Digest. I went to a dentist in town (Ft. Collins, CO) who was
familiar with TMJ problems. He took a casting of my teeth, and found that 
they were no longer correctly aligned (thanks to a tonsillectomy when I was 
13). I was fitted with a cast plastic retainer that helped to hold my teeth
in the proper position at night. I wore this every night for a year, and 
periodically (1-2x per month) after that. The earache subsided in a couple of
weeks, and the headaches soon after that. There are several new types of 
treatment available. I would recommend seeking them out before opting for 
surgery.

Margaret Brown
Burroughs ASG Boulder, CO
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