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Acute Pains CONDITION: Odontalgia (tooth ache) NATURE: Stabbing, throbbing, nonepisodicTRIGGERS: Hot, cold, tooth percussion DURATION: Hours-days CONDITION: Trigeminal neuralgia NATURE: Lancinating, eletrical, episodicTRIGGERS: 1-2 mm locus on skin/mucosa, light touch triggers pain DURATION: Seconds CONDITION: Cluster headache NATURE: Severe ache, retroorbital component, episodicTRIGGERS: REM sleep, alcohol DURATION:30-45 min CONDITION: Acute otitis media NATURE: Severe ache, throbbing, deep to ear, nonepisodicTRIGGERS: Lowering head, barometric pressure DURATION: Hours-days CONDITION: Bacterial sinusitis NATURE: Severe ache, throbbing in multiple posterior maxillary teeth, nonepisodic TRIGGERS: Lowering head, tooth percussion DURATION: Hours-days CONDITION: Cardiogenic NATURE: Short-lived ache in left posterior mandible, episodicTRIGGERS: Exertion DURATION: Minutes CONDITION: Sialolithiasis NATURE: Sharp, drawing, salivary swelling, episodic TRIGGERS: Eating, induced salivation DURATION: Constant low-level ache, sharp brief episodes when triggered |