Just wondering does any one else have this ? I only really noticed this last year when i was introduced to my new Rheumatoid consultant ( my old consultant retired last year ) and when going through all my problems he said ... its affecting your cheek bone, i said is it ! last summer is when i noticed if i wore sun glasses i was left with a mark on the right side of my face where the arm of the glasses touched my face,
it kicked off last night, i had a feeling of pressure on temple and cheek bone so i put a bag of peas on it and took some painkillers , does any one else suffer with this and what can be do to help , this has me really worried my face is going to be deformed like my hands.
Sophie x

It could be to do with TMJ, which is when your jawbone is affected, not sure if this is related directly to RA. I have this problem, it gives me headaches, and my cheeks and temples are painful. It seems to come and go. I just carry on taking painkillers, sometimes my cheek/jaw seems to be swollen.

Hope this helps.

Lyn

Thanks Jenni i will definitely ask doctor for some of that Phorpain gel ive never heard of it before , Lyn2 mine seems to come and go every so often too but it doesn't hurt my jaw just cheek, temple and round the eye and only one side of my face is affected. Doreen i did go the doctors about it a couple of months ago as i had rang the rheumy nurse and she said go to docs and to dentist to make sure it wasnt an abscess or infection, doctor didn't know what it was and told me to ring hospital, dentist x ray-ed my teeth and said there was nothing wrong with them as this all took a couple of days to get appointments my face had gone down so when i rang rheumy nurse back she just said oh if its gone down now you dont need to be seem, i was in clinic in December but only seen a registrar and i had a list of concerns i told her about but my face was not one of them as it hasn't worried me in a good while if it swells again i will ring them .

Sophie x

Hi Sophie
ohh thats not so nice
I have had it was dental abscess for me 3 times lol.
wasnt dealt with by rheumy as was resolved by antibioctics.
I also get this when sinuses are inflammed but for me when that occurs always both cheeks.
Can relate some ways i currently got face looks like been pumped out swollen under eyes cheeks swollen with icthy rash acros cheeks like a wolf pattern lol.
so reading lases feel tight might try the ice on mine see .
hope u find good solution warm hugs.
melly

Hi Sophie,
It looks as if it probably is RA then doesn't it if you've ruled out dental abscess etc?
It must be very painful for you, I think that's the best thing to do, ring the rheumy nurse when it swells again and hope they will see you when it's swollen.

Doreen xx

Hi Sophie - that sounds really unpleasant. I would ring the rheumy nurse just to check if they will have a look at it.

Julie

You are all best for this osphie in advance as i wont be around going away.
t care and good idea pop down to clinic and ask be seen.
saves 2 trips lv melly

Hi Sophie,
so sorry to hear you are in pain with this, its just not fair, jennis suggestion seems a good one perhaps this will help,

sending lots of hugs, there must be something in air I think...

get well soon,

Ellie x

Hi Sophie, Suffer from this myself, even before the onset of my arthritis, I saw my gp who put me on a tablet called carbamazepine which is a anti depressant,(I must say here that I can only take paracetamol for pain, cocodamol gives me tension headaches and anything with an opiate makes me itch to the point of drawing blood), but in low doses calms down the nerves in the face,Taking away the pain, I still get the swelling but the pain is a lot less now and though I sometimes think that I rattle when I move, this is one tablet I would not be happy not taking. I was also checked for temporal arthritis.

Hope this may help you, John.

Hi Sophie sorry you are suffering with this, but glad you have brought this up. Just lately i have been waking up with pain in my jaw and i can feel/hear it grating when i move it. I will ring hosp about it if it gets any worse, but wondered if the cold weather was affecting it.

Bevxx