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From: jsdy@hadron.UUCP (Joseph S. D. Yao)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: TMJ- temporo-mandibular-joint syndrome
Message-ID: <604@hadron.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 5-Nov-86 23:33:02 EST
Article-I.D.: hadron.604
Posted: Wed Nov  5 23:33:02 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 7-Nov-86 08:45:17 EST
References: <119@helm.UUCP> <9800028@uiucdcsb> <1638@ncoast.UUCP> <829@ihlpf.UUCP>
Reply-To: jsdy@hadron.UUCP (Joseph S. D. Yao)
Organization: Hadron, Inc., Fairfax, VA
Lines: 21
Summary: My experience.

In article <829@ihlpf.UUCP> spear@ihlpf.UUCP (Spearman) writes:
>> Has anybody else had any experience with TMJ pain... aka temporo mandibular
>> joint syndrome... 
>>					... I think that it is supposed to be
>> related to tension and stress, ...

I had an episode of this, and was told that "bruxing," or grinding
my teeth together, was causing this.  First, I was given a prescrip-
tion for a muscle relaxant/tranquilizer.  This kept me from grinding
my teeth while I was asleep.  Second, I found that a leak in the room
where I was staying was chilling me at night (I hadn't noticed!), and
when I moved so did this problem.  It hasn't recurred.

BTW, for most acronyms there really is no one definitive reference;
but the expansion in the Subject: line is what I've most often heard.
Many acronyms have more than one expansion (CVA, e.g.), and many
phrases have more than one acronym (EKG/ECG).
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	Joe Yao		hadron!jsdy@seismo.{CSS.GOV,ARPA,UUCP}
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