Partial Facial/Mouth Numbness

Posted by pink0rchid @pink0rchid, 11 hours ago

For the past few months I’ve been experiencing reoccurring numbness in the right corner of my mouth, so far a reason hasn’t been found yet. It’s usually only in that spot and it’ll come and go. Some days it’ll last for hours and be very uncomfortable and others it’ll be brief frequent moments. Also sometimes I’ll get painful, pulling feelings on that side of my face or cold pins and needles. Those are rare compared to the daily numbness.
In the Summer I had dental fillings and I had lasting numbness on the right side for maybe 2 weeks. My dentist said it was nerve irritation and would go away, and it did! That was July and until December I didn’t have any problems. My fillings healed fine, I have no sign of infection or abscess.
So far all my PCP could tell me is that I seem to be having numb chin syndrome. I did a blood test for B-12 levels and they were perfect. Overall I’ve felt very warn down, new muscle pains in my arms and legs, fatigued. Now I’m waiting on an MRI.
I haven’t seen anything online that matches how I’ve been feeling and wasn’t too sure where to put this post. My PCP said we’re doing the MRI to check for “tumors or lesions” and that’s been insanely freaky to think about. So if anyone has any insight that’d be greatly appreciated while I wait for my scan!

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@celia16 Nope I wasn’t. I’ll bring it up to my doctor because it does seem pretty similar to how I’ve been feeling!

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@pink0rchid , can you take pics and video tape your condition to show the doctor in case it changes before your appointment? I hope they can figure it out.

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@celia16 Nope I wasn’t. I’ll bring it up to my doctor because it does seem pretty similar to how I’ve been feeling!

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Hello @pink0rchid, I would like to add my welcome to Connect along with @celia16 and others. It's good to hear that you are working with your doctor to find a cause and a treatment. While you wait for others with experience to respond to your discussion, I thought you might like to scan through the comments from other members who have posted about facial numbness on the right side - https://connect.mayoclinic.org/search/comments/.

Here's an article that provides some information that might be helpful for learning the different possible causes:
-- What Can Cause Numbness on the Right Side of the Face?
https://www.healthline.com/health/right-sided-facial-numbness
How soon is your MRI?

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Hello @pink0rchid, I would like to add my welcome to Connect along with @celia16 and others. It's good to hear that you are working with your doctor to find a cause and a treatment. While you wait for others with experience to respond to your discussion, I thought you might like to scan through the comments from other members who have posted about facial numbness on the right side - https://connect.mayoclinic.org/search/comments/.

Here's an article that provides some information that might be helpful for learning the different possible causes:
-- What Can Cause Numbness on the Right Side of the Face?
https://www.healthline.com/health/right-sided-facial-numbness
How soon is your MRI?

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@johnbishop Thank you, I’ll check those out! My MRI is on the 17th of this month so luckily not too far away. I’ve just been waiting a while for it and found myself stressing.

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@pink0rchid , can you take pics and video tape your condition to show the doctor in case it changes before your appointment? I hope they can figure it out.

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@celia16 Thank you! I’ve been taking pictures here and there but there’s hardly a visible change to my mouth weirdly.

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