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Edited by Steel Assassin: 3/18/2013 5:13:09 PM
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Diagnose me, internet!

Cracked has given me some faith that asking a medical question on the internet won't fail entirely. Here's hoping this doesn't, you know, do that. I've had this really annoying but infrequent pain for the past few years. It always begins in the bottom of my jaw, feeling as if nearly all the roots of my bottom teeth are in pain. After a few moments, the pain migrates to between my shoulder blades, most of the pain residing near the spine. The pain usually lasts for at least half an hour, if not hours, and the pain usually increases until it finally stops. Got any thoughts, florum? I've went to the hospital before about it, but the pain vanished by the time I arrived, and they thought I was an addict trying to get drugs. Someone once suggested it could be a pinched nerve, but I don't know.

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  • Edited by VerticalGradient: 3/18/2013 5:36:14 PM
    I recall something from biology class (and I'll tread lightly here, 'cause I didn't pay much attention this/last term -- in fact I haven't gone to class in 3 weeks and I'm skipping my final 'cause I'll fail anyways), but I recall something about sensory perception, and how some areas/parts of our body (or limbs, I suppose you could say) have "strange" sensory pathways from the location of where the sense perception occurs, in relation to other completely different locations. Which is due to the fact (actually, don't take it as fact 'cause I'm spit-balling here) that different senses, or areas of our body in which sense occurs, are received/registered in similar locations of our brain. So I *think* it's possible for it to sometimes be mixed up? Because from a sensory receptor (wherever in our body, we have so many nerves) travels from that location to the spinal cord, and depending on the kind of feeling, can either be relayed right back to the initial location, or to the brain. I'll try and think about it more. I wish I could find the actual textbook chapter.

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