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What Is Acne and What Causes It?

If you’re a teen, chances are pretty good that you have some acne. Almost 8 in 10 teens have acne, along with many adults. Acne is so common that it’s considered a normal part of puberty. But knowing that doesn’t always make it easier when you’re looking at a big pimple on your face in […]

Information on Acne

Acne is a skin disorder characterized by plugged pores or pilosebaceous unit. Pilosebaceous units are made up of sebaceous glands (oil glands) and hair follicles in the dermis or middle layer of the skin. There are lots of oil glands in the body but they are concentrated in the nose and cheek areas. The function […]

Symptoms Of Jaw Pain Disorder

Earache with jaw pain one side are two of the most common symptoms of temporomandibular joint disorder (TMJ). It’s bad enough to have one of these symptoms on its own. When combined they can make life downright miserable. That’s why it’s important to identify the symptoms correctly to make sure TMJ disorder is the root […]

Jaw Pain One Side

TMJ jaw pain can be in the jaw muscles, the jaw joints, or both. Most of it comes from the muscles that move the lower jaw. One of the muscles, the temporalis, spreads out like a fan on the side of the head and reaches downward to grab the lower jaw. Many physicians are not familiar with […]

Causes of Pain in the Right Side of the Jaw

Pain in the right side of the jaw pain one side can indicate a problem within the jaw bone itself, or it may signal a disorder from any of the nearby tissues, nerves, and structures of the head and neck. Certain chronic autoimmune conditions can also result in jaw pain. Right sided jaw pain might […]