Glossary for Jaw swelling

Medical terms related to Jaw swelling or mentioned in this section include:

• Actinomycosis: A chronic infection usually caused by an organism normally found in human bowels and mouths. The disease usually affects the face and neck and results in deep, lumpy abscesses that emit a grainy pus through multiple sinuses.
• Ameloblastoma: A congenital tumor of the pituitary gland. Also called craniopharyngioma, craniopharyngeal duct tumor, pituitary adamantinoma or Rathke's pouch tumor.
• Arthritis: A condition which is characterized by the inflammation of a joint
• Broken jaw: Fracture of the jaw bone (mandible)
• Bulimia nervosa: Eating disorder with binging (overeating) and purging (vomiting).
• Cherubism: An inherited condition marked by bone degradation of the jaws followed by development of fibrous tissue which causes the face to swell and hence have a cherubic appearance.
• Dental caries: Decay of the teeth
• Dental symptoms: Symptoms affecting teeth or mouth area.
• Dislocated jaw: Improper separation of the jaw bones
• Dry socket: Exposure of jaw bone after a tooth extraction
• Enlarged jaw: swelling of the jaw could be due to inflammatory, trauma related or infective in nature
• Eosinophilic granuloma: A fairly benign form of bone tumor.
• Face swelling: Swelling affecting the face
• Face symptoms: Symptoms affecting the face
• Fibrous Dysplasia: A rare condition where fibrous tissues develops instead of normal bone tissue. One or more bones may be affected and bones in the legs, head and chest are the usual ones affected.
• Fractures: Breakage of bones
• Gnathodiaphyseal dysplasia: A rare genetic disorder affecting the skeleton and characterized by fragile bones, bowed long bones and recurring infections of the jaw bone.
• Head symptoms: Symptoms affecting the head or brain
• Hemangioma: A condition which is characterized by a benign tumour cause by newly formed blood vessels
• Jaw conditions: Conditions affecting the temporomandibular joint (the jaw).
• Jaw pain: Pain affecting the jaw or jawbone
• Jaw sprain: Damage to ligaments in the jaw.
• Jaw symptoms: Symptoms affecting the jaw
• Lung abscess: The formation of a localized collection of puss in a cavity in the lungs
• McCune-Albright Syndrome: A rare genetic multisystem disorder characterized by abnormal skin pigmentation and endocrine gland dysfunction and replacement of parts of bone tissue with fibrous material.
• Mouth symptoms: Symptoms of the mouth or oral area.
• Mumps: An acute viral disease that causes the salivary glands to become swollen, sore and inflamed. Immunization had greatly reduced the incidence of this disease.
• Oral cancer: Cancer (malignant) of the lip or inside the mouth.
• Osteomyelitis: An infection that occurs in bone
• Paget's Disease: Breast carcinoma involving nipple and areola.
• Sjogren's Syndrome: Autoimmune disease damaging the eye tear ducts and other glands.
• Swelling symptoms: Symptoms causing swelling or enlargement.

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