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Wisdom Teeth. Any connection?
Sep 6^th, 2010 at 11:23am

I still have all my wisdom teeth. Ive always wondered if having them still contributes to my CH. I started getting CH about the same time I got my wisdom teeth. Do any of you still have yours in? Also Ive wondered if tonsils have anything to do with them. I still have my tonsils too. Please reply I would like to know if there is any connection.Thanks Dan

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Potter CH.com Alumnus Offline Team MOOSE DROOL Stinky Stuff on a Hook Prostaff Posts: 3600 Blgs.Mt. Gender:	Re: Wisdom Teeth. Any connection? Reply #1 - Sep 6^th, 2010 at 11:41am How could it? Potter
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QnHeartMM CH.com Sponsor Offline I AM a Phoenix! Posts: 1783 San Diego, CA Gender:	Re: Wisdom Teeth. Any connection? Reply #2 - Sep 6^th, 2010 at 11:49am Sadly no, I don't think having your wisdome teeth has any relationship. My husband had all 4 pulled and he suffers from CH as well.
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barry_sword CH.com Alumnus Offline Mountain Biking Keeps Me Sane Posts: 3947 Bracebridge, Canada Gender:	Re: Wisdom Teeth. Any connection? Reply #3 - Sep 6^th, 2010 at 11:53am Both my wisdom teeth and my tonsils have been gone for over 30 years now, and I am starting into another cycle, right on time, so no connection from my end. Read all the stuff to your left, lots to learn here.
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Re: Wisdom Teeth. Any connection?
Reply #4 - Sep 6^th, 2010 at 11:55am

You'll chase a lot of false leads because of the path of the trigeminal nerve. It runs behind the eye.....a lot of people start with the eye doctor.....runs along the jaw bone......a lot of people have teeth pulled in addition to extra dental work.......near as any of the experts can figure...we have a screwed up hypothalamus. We've had it since birth...as illustrated by identical twins who if one gets it....both get it...and it starts at roughly the same point in life!

We've done numerous surveys on this board trying to identify a common denominator, from eye color, to size, to common injuries or lack of...and that doesn't include some of the really weird surveys from sex drives to lack of!!!!.....we've given up! Wink

Best to concentrate our energies on spreading the word about what helps the hurt!

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barry_sword CH.com Alumnus Offline Mountain Biking Keeps Me Sane Posts: 3947 Bracebridge, Canada Gender:	Re: Wisdom Teeth. Any connection? Reply #5 - Sep 6^th, 2010 at 11:58am Nicely put Joe
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Brew CH.com Sponsor CH.com Alumnus Offline Posts: 14163	Re: Wisdom Teeth. Any connection? Reply #6 - Sep 6^th, 2010 at 12:04pm I started getting CH about the same time that I found my first gray hairs - around age 28. Could there be a connection? I suppose...
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Guiseppi CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline San Diego to Florida 05-16-2011 Posts: 12063 SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA USA Gender:	Re: Wisdom Teeth. Any connection? Reply #7 - Sep 6^th, 2010 at 12:15pm No chance Brew......didn't get my first grey hair until mid 40's........25 years after CH onset! Joe
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barry_sword CH.com Alumnus Offline Mountain Biking Keeps Me Sane Posts: 3947 Bracebridge, Canada Gender:	Re: Wisdom Teeth. Any connection? Reply #8 - Sep 6^th, 2010 at 12:46pm Scrap that one too, I am 51 and my hair is still natural brown, but my eyebrows are starting to change color And I have had CH's for 12 years or so now
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Charlie CH.com Alumnus Offline Happy to be here Posts: 18971 Jamestown, NY Gender:	Re: Wisdom Teeth. Any connection? Reply #9 - Sep 6^th, 2010 at 11:41pm Put it this way. Wisdom teeth related to ch? No. Charlie
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Callico CH.com Hall of Famer Offline Author of "Stranded at Romson's Lodge Posts: 4916 Aurora IL Gender:	Re: Wisdom Teeth. Any connection? Reply #10 - Sep 7^th, 2010 at 12:00am What Joe said. Jerry
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Re: Wisdom Teeth. Any connection?
Reply #11 - Sep 7^th, 2010 at 1:05am

Daniel, to answer your question, yes, I still have all my wisdom teeth. I don't believe it means anything in relation to cluster headache though. I believe, like many others, that we have something wrong with the hypothalamus. I wholeheartedly believe this because of how I came to have cluster headaches. I had recurrent inflammatory and demylinating attacks of optic neuritis. If you know much about the anatomy of the brain, you will know that the optic nerves exit the back of the eye and cross at the optic chiasm. Directly below the optic chiasm is the hypothalamus. I believe, as does my doctor, that with the repeated attacks, the hypothalamus was somehow damaged. This is also consistent even with the time of year I get my cluster headaches corresponding with the time of year I had the ON attacks. This is also consistent with a few others who have developed CH after some form of trauma to the head. Others may just be born with some dysfunction of the hypothalamus which leads them to develop CH. Just my two cents.

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Re: Wisdom Teeth. Any connection?
Reply #12 - Sep 7^th, 2010 at 2:48am

Sooooo many of us (myself included) have had our wisdom teeth yanked, believing they could be a factor, only to find that there's no real connection.

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CH according to Bejeeber:

Strictly relying on doctors for CH treatment is often a prescription that will keep you in a whole lot of PAIN. Doctors are WAY behind in many respects, and they are usually completely unaware of the benefits of high flow 100% O2.

There are lots of effective treatments documented at this site. Take matters into your own hands, learn as much as you can here and at clusterbusters.com, put it into practice, then tell this CH beast Jeebs said hello right before you bash him so hard with a swift uppercut knockout punch that his stupid horns go flinging right off.

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black CH.com Old Timer Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 347 Greece,Athens Gender:	Re: Wisdom Teeth. Any connection? Reply #13 - Sep 7^th, 2010 at 1:27pm unfortunately no.
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Headache Boy uk CH.com Old Timer Offline Matthew ch 11 v 28 Posts: 373 Mersea Island nr Colchester Gender:	Re: Wisdom Teeth. Any connection? Reply #14 - Sep 7^th, 2010 at 9:14pm Had my wisdom teeth pulled about 15 years ago along with two others I all but smashed out with the claw of my hammer, I only started getting CH about this time last year so I don't think it can be connected . God bless Nigel
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