The Horrors of TMJ: Chronic Pain, Metal Jaws, and Futile Treatments

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A TMJ patient in Maine had six surgeries to replace part or all of the joints of her jaw.

Another woman in California, desperate for relief, used a screwdriver to lengthen her jawbone daily, turning screws that protruded from her neck.

A third in New York had bone from her rib and fat from her belly grafted into her jaw joint, and twice a prosthetic eyeball was surgically inserted into the joint as a placeholder in the months it took to make metal hinges to implant into her jaw.

These are some of the horrors of temporomandibular joint disorders, known as #TMJ or TMD, which afflict up to 33 million Americans, according to the National Institutes of Health. Dentists have attempted to heal TMJ patients for close to a century, and yet the disorders remain misunderstood, under-researched, and ineffectively treated, according to an investigation by KFF Health News and CBS News.

Click the link in our bio to read the full story, reported by Brett Kelman and Anna Werner.
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When she says she's done and doesn't want to live like this anymore, I hear desperation. My heart goes out to her. I hope a great doctor sees this video, and helps her. Chronic pain is no joke.

soraya
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And they don't give her proper pain medications because she 'might get addicted' WTH. I deal with a different type of chronic pain, but am fortunate enough to have a doctor who helps me manage it, also a woman. Prayers and keep speaking out. 'If you don't tell them, they won't know'. Your suffering and telling about it will help .

christibritton
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Had the double surgery, in 99, started to have really bad pain after a fall about a month ago, its suicide pain for sure, i cant think straight when the pain hits, i get very few pain meds, but id really like to get it fixed 💔💔💔

JackieBlue
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Hey! Youtube recommended me this video on my feed and its really well presented! Kudos to the work that you're doing 😊

Btw I was wondering if I could help you edit your videos and also make highly engaging shorts out of them! but I'm not really sure if it is the best time to ask for?

pratapanurag
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My chiropractor has an adjustment for TMS. Worth a try before surgery

Grammapama
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What the hell does the doctors being men have to do with it? Imagine dudes blaming their "woman doctor" for their problems...

slowazzd
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Accusing man of sexism is the last bastion of a desperate professional victim.

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