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Dolor facial - Overview

Definición:

El dolor facial puede ser sordo y pulsátil o una molestia intensa y punzante en uno o en ambos lados de la cara o de la frente.

Consideraciones:

El dolor que comienza en el rostro puede ser causado por un trastorno nervioso, una lesión o una infección en alguna estructura de la cara. Este tipo de dolor también se puede iniciar en otro lugar del cuerpo.

Algunas veces el dolor facial ocurre por causas desconocidas.

Causas:

  • Absceso dental (dolor pulsátil continuo en un lado de la parte inferior del rostro que empeora con la ingestión de comidas o con la palpación)
  • Cefalea en brotes
  • Herpes zóster (zóster) o infección por herpes simple (herpes labial)
  • Lesión en el rostro
  • Migraña
  • Fibromialgia
  • Sinusitis o infección de los senos paranasales (dolor sordo y sensibilidad alrededor de los ojos y en los pómulos que empeora al inclinarse hacia adelante)
  • Tic doloroso
  • Síndrome de disfunción de la articulación temporomandibular
  • Reviewed last on: 8/12/2011
  • Linda Vorvick, MD, Medical Director, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant Studies, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Digre KB. Headaches and other head pain. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 405.

Silberstein SD, Young WB. Headache and facial pain. In: Goetz CG, ed. Textbook of Clinical Neurology. 3rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007: chap 53.

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