What other conditions cause facial pain?
What other conditions cause facial pain?
Your healthcare provider needs to rule out many other possible causes of facial pain. Atypical facial pain is not caused by the following conditions:
- Blood vessel disorders such as temporal arteritis (blood vessel inflammation near your temples).
- Chronic sinusitis.
- Dental diseases.
- Headaches.
- Myofascial pain syndrome (pain deep in your muscles).
- Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (cancer that affects the nose and throat).
- Temporomandibular disorders (jaw problems).
- Trauma or face fractures.
- Trigeminal neuralgia (pressure on a nerve in the brain).