A few days ago, a patient transferred from the oral clinic of our hospital. The patient is 73 years old this year. When the old man sat down in front of me, he kept muttering: I came to see my teeth with a toothache, why did I let me see my heart?
is actually not surprising, because the old man was diagnosed with cardiogenic toothache.
The human heart is widely distributed in the heart of the human body. When an infarction occurs in a certain part of the myocardium, stimulating the autonomic nerve in that part will reflect to different parts of the body and cause pain. This is "radiation pain"; for example, lower wall myocardial infarction often manifests as upper abdominal pain or lower back and leg pain, while anterior wall myocardial infarction will cause radioactive toothache.
The old man was because of the severe toothache at home a few days ago and chest tightness of , and the painkiller was not effective. He went to the dental department of our hospital for examination and did not find any dental disease. Considering that the old man had a history of hypertension and , he was diagnosed with cardiogenic toothache after consultation.
Cardiac toothache generally has the following characteristics. Friends can compare and distinguish it from ordinary toothache in daily life:
First, the location of cardiac toothache is often inaccurate, while the painful area of ordinary toothache is relatively clear, and clear dental diseases can be found in the areas of toothache; cardiac toothache is generally sudden and severe pain, and the duration is short, while the pain of ordinary toothache will last for several days and gradually worsen over time.
In addition, when cardiogenic toothache occurs, chest tightness, chest pain, , shoulder and back pain, etc., while ordinary toothache will not affect other parts of the body; and cardiogenic toothache is a "radiation pain" caused by blockage in a certain part of the myocardium. It requires unblocking blood vessels and improving blood circulation to eliminate symptoms. Taking painkillers is not effective.
Finally, cardiogenic toothache often occurs in middle-aged and elderly people, and patients are often accompanied by a history of hypertension.
Cardous toothache is a sign of myocardial infarction . Therefore, if friends experience sudden severe toothache in daily life, it is recommended to go to the hospital's dental department or cardiology department as soon as possible. I am Dr. Wang Qiang, Department of Cardiovascular Department of Temple of Heaven Hospital. If you have cardiovascular problems, you are welcome to tell me in the comment area and friends are welcome to follow me.
