I never get In fights. Last night I got blindsided in the jaw for no apparent reason. Since then can't close my jaw properly. It's not really sore or anything just uncomfortable. Any advice? Thanks

are you sure you weren't using your jaw for unusual storage?

in other news, go see a doctor?

whatever you were doing prior to, don't do that any more.

Jesus mother effing christ go to the ****ing emergency room you ******.

broken jaws are great for weight loss!

Beautifully put

The ER?

lol public healthcare

lol he needs a panorex at least and its the weekend, so yes, ER. lol public healthcare lol i can regurgitate things entirely tangential to this situation that someone said once without understanding anything lol gfy

Disclaimer: I am not a medical care professional. (I think this is actually a positive because it means I can give an objective opinion. Doctors cannot because in giving advice their main concern is protecting themselves from getting sued)

Since you did not indicate any issues eating, drinking or breathing I am assuming you can do all these things without any issue.

tcc1, I think we had this discussion before in S&M. If he goes to ER they will make him wait 5 hours, they may or may not take an x-ray of his jaw, will charge him $1000, then no matter what it shows they will tell him to make an appointment with his doctor on Monday.

Assuming you have a health care plan going to the ER will accomplish nothing except possibly give you peace of mind, and also possibly allowing you to get your hands on some opiates if you can sell that you are in pain (which you have already stated you are not)

If you do not have health care, by all means go to the ER and use it as your primary care physician, then when they send you a bill you can use it to wipe your ass with next time you have the runs.

Yeah, tcc1 suggested going to the ER because he's worried about being sued.

OP said he can't close his jaw properly. That probably gets in the way of eating and drinking, or else it would hopefully not have been threadworthy.

I thought TCC1 was a doctor, or at least a medical student.

I am sure whatever he is, he could potentially get in trouble for giving someone bad medial advice over the internet, so he will give the most conservative, useless advice, like any other doctor.

Step 1: admit you don't know anything about this topic
Step 2: assume a lot of things
Step 3: end with same irrelevant tangential commentary

Seriously, if the thing you're worried about is wasting a few hours of your time after you got hit hard enough to break your freaking jaw, then you're a moron. There are ENT doctors available to see you on an emergent basis, they are experts in this field, let them decide what you should be doing. I guarantee you not a single one of them will think its a "waste of time". Entrapment of nerves, muscles, airway compromise, infection, head trauma, long term appearance and healing of fracture are just a few reasons why you should have it checked out.

Pain control, by the way, is important.

edit: ps, they will take at a minimum an x-ray of the jaw.

I know a lot about going to emergency rooms because I have gone to one as a patient before, something I am guessing you have not.

Whatever the issue is, going to a ER in the US you will almost certainly be underwhelmed and dissapointed, unless it is a true emergency nothing useful will be accomplished, and it will take up a lot of time and money.

All I am telling OP is to understand what he is getting into, so he will not be shocked and dissapointed with the medical care he will get.

lol - ok thanks (See steps 1 and 2)

He is a medical student, if I'm not mistaken. Why do you think he posted in this thread? Was someone going to find out he read it and didn't give advice and then hunt him down and sue him? It's not like he had to post "go to the ER" to avoid getting into trouble.

I've already graduated med school and I'm not giving any advice -- should I be afraid of getting into trouble?

Are you implying, by the way, that medical advice from a doctor is more useless than medical advice from someone like you?

PS: I've a been a patient in the ER more than once.

Careful gansta, he's been a patient before. He therefore knows everything there is to know about mandibular fractures and will dispense advice accordingly.

Note that I am not claiming that I know everything there is to know about jaw fractures, but I do when someone probably should be examined and referred to an expert for definitive treatment, regardless of one individual's distaste for ERs.

edit: Obviously I don't have to post advice at all, so your point that I'm somehow covering my ass is just ever so dumb.

"mandibular"

impressive

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Jebus J Christ

op just go to the ER/A+E/Doctors etc

+1

ED is full of patients who don't need to be there.

i was at the dentist the other day, he asked the hygienist if she was done and she said she hadn't done my mandibulars yet. he responded "ooh, mandibular".

exactly.

itt docs get lol'ed at by trolls

Protein shakes + straw = win!

Next time you run in to a dentist outside of the dentist's office, mention you floss less than once a month and enjoy the meltdown.