Hi! I'm new here. Hopefully I'm posting in the right area. I will try to give the short version of my story.
About 8 months ago I had a crown on an upper left tooth. I only include this because I'm not sure if this was a trigger or just when I started noticing symptoms. At first it felt like pressure in that area of work. After about 4-5 days the pressure subsided. Then a few weeks later I felt more pressure, but this time it was different. It was under my cheek bone and painful. To even touch the area caused me severe pain. I revisited the dentist and was told it was likely a sinus infection. Lo and behold about a month later I ended up with strep and a cold. After steroids and two rounds of antibiotics the pressure subsided. Then a few weeks later, it was back. NOT the cold, just the pain. This time it was pain. Not pressure. it lasted a day or so then gone. That was in December/January. In March I started experiencing pain in the cheekbone area again. But this time it was also in my ear and jaw. Pain was gone after a day.
Yesterday: Sudden onset *which is how it always is* Worse when I lie down or lean forward. Excruciating pain. Feels like every nerve in every tooth on the upper and lower left side. I can only describe it as ever nerve in my ear/lower jaw and cheekbone are throbbing and about to explode. I don't feel any pain in my forehead. It comes in waves. One moment I'm completely fine then the next it feels as if all my nerve endings are going to explode.
Could this be a sinus infection?