Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia

nathansdiary

I have been suffering with CFS/ME for nearly 2 years now and am currently experiencing alot of dental problems. Does this occur with anyone else or is it likely to be totaly unconnected. I had to have a tooth extracted a few months back and now am having a 2nd one this coming weekend. I also have a further 4 teeth which are becoming painful and I feel like my teeth are just falling apart. I keep a very good level of dental hygeine and find it hard to understand why I am having so much trouble.

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[quote="nathansdiary"]I have been suffering with CFS/ME for nearly 2 years now and am currently experiencing alot of dental problems. Does this occur with anyone else or is it likely to be totaly unconnected. I had to have a tooth extracted a few months back and now am having a 2nd one this coming weekend. I also have a further 4 teeth which are becoming painful and I feel like my teeth are just falling apart. I keep a very good level of dental hygeine and find it hard to understand why I am having so much trouble.[/quote]

Hi there, I have trouble with my teeth, but only in the sense that they are more or less sore all the time. I have had M.E. for 21 years and I asked to have my sore teeth taken out because they were so sore, but my dentist said, that it is not so much the teeth, but the muscles in the upper and lower jaws because they are tired. And since M.E. is muscular, that makes sense to me. I steady the pain with Ibuprofen and paracetamol.

Hope this helps.

nathansdiary · Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 5:16 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the reply, I had a second tooth out at the weekend and they seem to think i will need more. The muscle aspect makes sense but sadly mine appears to be the actual teeth. I feel for you having to put up with the pain all the time, luckily mine has ceased (for now) following the extraction. It reached the point where i was in tears all the time despite being on a constant course of antibitoics and co-codamol. I have seen a few articles about it on the internet and it just got me curious.

Archangel · Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2008 5:12 pm Post subject:

I had a lot of dental problems too, I have CFS. I read that the stress of CFS can make our mouth acidic, and that causes tooth decay. Indeed, I bought some PH strips, and my saliva was WAY too acidic.

Something that can help with acidity is eating more alkaline foods. Also, a naturopath told me that to alkalize my body, it is good to drink a big glass of warm lemonade in the AM, 15 mins, or half an hr before I eat anything. It does help with pains: it is supposed to flush the built-up acid from the body.

In any case, alkaline foods (steamed veggies, lentils, etc.) and lemonade are good, and surely do not hurt.

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia

Is CFS causing my dental problems?