I have no idea if this is the right place to post this, but it's my
best guess. Let me know if I'd get better help elsewhere.


There's a weird thing that runs in my family where, when we drink any
kind of alcohol while eating, the intake of alcohol causes extreme,
sharp pain at the cusp of our jaw, on both sides. Any idea what this
is, or how to deal with it? It's actually kind of weird, because both
my father and (totally unrelated, obviously) mother suffered this, not
just one. I think I have it worse than both of them. I'd love to be
able to drink wine or beer with a meal or something, so it'd be awesome
to find a treatment.

Again, sorry if this is the wrong place for this.

-andy

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andy,
I am not a doctor but will take a guess. I took a class related to
genetics while I was a college student. We learned in that class that
various disorders
can be passed from one generation to the next generation. For example,
my next door neighbor has a small hump in her back.
She told me that several of her ancestors had the same hump. It's my guess
that the jaw defect is like the hump in my neighbor's back. In other words,
it's a gene related problem. You may want to ask your doctor whether or not
your jaw can be repaired. In order for it to be repaired, the doctor may have
to break your jaw and reset the bones. My nose was broken and that it how the
doctor repaired it. He broke it and placed a plastic cast on it. It caused me
lots of pain while it was healing.
Jason
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Does this only happen when you eat AND drink. Or whenever you drink? Be
as specific as possible.