I feel like I'm a patient on House. I had some minor dental work yesterday and had a tremendously hard time keeping my jaw open. The dentist automatically thought TMJ due to a past serious blow to the jaw, but they ruled that out today. My right side of my body (where the jaw aches) is presenting weak in Ortho tests. And they also want to test for sleep apnea.
Isn't sleep apnea that condition where you stop breathing in your sleep???
Can mispositioning of your jaw cause sleep apnea?
Hope everything works out!
One of my friends just told me they thought I had died this one night because they rolled over and saw that I'd stopped breathing =(
YIKES
yea that's what sleep apnea is and it obviously can be a cause of death. Although I don't understand how it could be related to my jaw issues. I'm going to discuss this with mom tonight since she's a nurse.