Re: To reduce swelling, should I warm or cold my jaw ??

October 25, 2004

Cold works best for swelling. Warm for pain and to relax muscles.

>

> Hello,

>

> I'm post ope 6 days and still have terrible swelling. To reduce

> selling, should I warm the jaw or put the ice pack? I just don't

> know which will work. Please give me advice.

October 25, 2004

Cold works best for swelling. Warm for pain and to relax muscles.

>

> Hello,

>

> I'm post ope 6 days and still have terrible swelling. To reduce

> selling, should I warm the jaw or put the ice pack? I just don't

> know which will work. Please give me advice.

October 25, 2004

that's not exactly correct..

cold is only good to curb the swelling at the early stages (first 4

days of incident)...after that, cold will have no effect...

heat may help after 4 days, but it's not guaranteed...

my massive swelling didn't start to subside till 3 weeks post-op.. i

hope you're a bit luckier :-#

> >

> > Hello,

> >

> > I'm post ope 6 days and still have terrible swelling. To reduce

> > selling, should I warm the jaw or put the ice pack? I just

don't

> > know which will work. Please give me advice.

October 25, 2004

that's not exactly correct..

cold is only good to curb the swelling at the early stages (first 4

days of incident)...after that, cold will have no effect...

heat may help after 4 days, but it's not guaranteed...

my massive swelling didn't start to subside till 3 weeks post-op.. i

hope you're a bit luckier :-#

> >

> > Hello,

> >

> > I'm post ope 6 days and still have terrible swelling. To reduce

> > selling, should I warm the jaw or put the ice pack? I just

don't

> > know which will work. Please give me advice.

October 25, 2004

My OS said you put ice to stop the swelling and then heat to expand the area and

let it

drain.

>

> Hello,

>

> I'm post ope 6 days and still have terrible swelling. To reduce

> selling, should I warm the jaw or put the ice pack? I just don't

> know which will work. Please give me advice.

October 25, 2004

My OS said you put ice to stop the swelling and then heat to expand the area and

let it

drain.

>

> Hello,

>

> I'm post ope 6 days and still have terrible swelling. To reduce

> selling, should I warm the jaw or put the ice pack? I just don't

> know which will work. Please give me advice.

October 25, 2004

Hi...

My surgeon and ortho said cold to help reduce swelling. When the

shooters start in your jaws, my ortho said to trick the nerves by

putting an ice cube in a paper towel and rubbing both cheeks in

circles at the same time...then put heat on them. I tried it and it

worked. I had upper/lower/chin on Sept 10th and while it's not been

an easy recovery by a long shot I am getting better. I still have

swelling and I imagine I will for some time. The numbness drive me

crazy. Right now I'm icing and then I'll use heat, exercise my

mouth as it's not opening wide enough. The ice at night is for

comfort, when there's changes going on in my jaws, they ache, so I

ice and warm up the muscles. It seems to work for me.

Hope this helps.

Carole Anne

>

> Hello,

>

> I'm post ope 6 days and still have terrible swelling. To reduce

> selling, should I warm the jaw or put the ice pack? I just don't

> know which will work. Please give me advice.

October 25, 2004