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Facial Pain

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Facial Pain Underlying Cause

Common causes of facial pain include:

Cellulitis
Cold sores
Dental abscess
Dental injury
Facial injury
Migraine headache
Otitis externa
Otitis media
Parotitis
Sinusitis
TMJ syndrome

Less common causes of facial pain include:

Acute glaucoma
Cluster headache
Glossopharyngeal neuralgia
Herpes zoster
Multiple sclerosis
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Periorbital cellulitis
Temporal arteritis
Trigeminal neuralgia

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Last Updated: Mar 17, 2009 References

Authors: Stephen J. Schueler, MD; John H. Beckett, MD; D. Scott Gettings, MD

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