Pain in toe, groin, leg, lower back, teeth keep chattering. What is going on?
Patient: Hi, yesterday I woke up feeling fine went to work as normal then at mid day I got a sharp pain in my top of my big toe on my right leg the pain went up my right leg and into my groin then traveled round to my lower back the pain was so intense I went straight to the doctor he told me I just had a pinched nerve in my lower back and gave me some strong anti inflaming drugs and told me to rest I ve been In the most intensive pain all night my teeth won t stop chattering and my body is dripping wet please help Doctor: Grinding of teeth at night is known as bruxism. It can occur because of stress or anxiety or can occur because of traumatic bite present. It causes soreness of jaw, headaches, sensitivity of teeth etc. Teeth grinding can cause wearing of the tooth structure which may involve dental pulp and cause soreness of tooth. If dental pulp is also involved due to tooth wearing, then you will require root canal treatment. You have to visit your dentist to get your teeth evaluated. Your dentist may take an x-ray to see that whether dental pulp is involved in sore teeth or not.  Its better if you get a custom made mouth guard from a dentist than using the mouth guard which you got from pharmacy. Mouth guard should be made according to patient’s teeth and alignment of his teeth. Mouth guard absorbs the chewing forces and prevent damage to teeth and surrounding tissues. Main causes of teeth grinding are stress or traumatic bite. You need to reduce your stress levels. If there is traumatic bite present which is causing teeth grinding, then dentist can correct it.  By the time, you visit your dentist you can take OTC pain meds.