10 Symptoms of Tonsil Stones
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Ear Pain
Tonsil stones may cause chronic or sporadic ear pain, even though stones don't touch the ears themselves. It can affect both ears or just one at a time. The pain occurs because tonsil stones can put pressure on the glossopharyngeal nerve, also known as Jacobson's nerve.4Bamgbose, Babatunde Olamide, et al. ‘The Prevalence of Tonsilloliths and Other Soft Tissue Calcifications in Patients Attending Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology Clinic of the University of Iowa.’ ISRN Dentistry, Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 22 Jan. 2014, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3920671/.
Shared nerve pathways run along each side of the face and pick up sensations near the mouth and ears. Sometimes pressure near the mouth triggers referred pain in the ears.4Bamgbose, Babatunde Olamide, et al. ‘The Prevalence of Tonsilloliths and Other Soft Tissue Calcifications in Patients Attending Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology Clinic of the University of Iowa.’ ISRN Dentistry, Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 22 Jan. 2014, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3920671/.
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