Causes of Trismus

This section discusses 46 medical conditions causing Trismus. A simple discussion of these causes with additional information is below.

Causes of Trismus:

The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Trismus. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

• Trauma
• Surgery
• Radiation
• Burns
• SLE
• Scleroderma
• Myositis
• Infections
• Tumour growth
• Damage to the trigeminal nerve (CN V)
• Tetanus
• Arthritis
• Ankylosis (Bony and fibrous)
• Impacted wisdom tooth (type of Impacted tooth)
• Arthritic changes in temporomandibular joint (see Arthritis)
• Hysteria
• Facial neuralgia
• Fits
• Malingering
• Trichiniasis
• Rabies
• Tetany
• Strychnine poisoning

Causes of Trismus listed in Disease Database:

Other medical conditions listed in the Disease Database as possible causes of Trismus as a symptom include:

- (Source - Diseases Database)

Conditions listing medical symptoms: Trismus:

The following list of conditions have 'Trismus' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

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Tetanus ... trismus (lockjaw)

More Information About Trismus

• Trismus: Introduction
• Medical Textbooks Online for Trismus
• Symptom combinations for Trismus
• Travel-related causes of Trismus

List of 46 causes of Trismus

This section shows a full list of all the diseases and conditions listed as a possible cause of Trismus in our database from various sources.

• Amphetamine
• Ankylosis (Bony and fibrous)
• Arthritic changes in temporomandibular joint
• Arthritis
• Arthrogryposis distal type II - trismus
• Burns
• Chemical poisoning - Strychnine - trismus
• Clostridium tetani
• Coral snake poisoning - trismus
• Damage to the trigeminal nerve (CN V)
• Dental caries - Trismus
• Dental conditions - Trismus
• Dental tissue neoplasm - trismus
• Facial neuralgia
• Fits
• Funnel Web spider poisoning - trismus
• Gaucher disease type 2 - trismus
• Horseshoe Crab poisoning - trismus
• Hysteria
• Idiopathic orofacial dystonia
• Iida-Kannari syndrome - trismus
• Impacted wisdom tooth
• Infections
• Ludwig angina
• Malingering
• Mucoepidermoid - trismus
• Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma - trismus
• Myositis
• Pericoronitis
• Quinsy
• Rabies
• Radiation
• Scleroderma
• SLE
• Strychnine
• Strychnine poisoning
• Supraglottic laryngeal cancer - trismus
• Surgery
• Tetanus - trismus (lockjaw)
• Tetany
• Tonsillitis
• Trauma
• Trichinella spiralis
• Trichiniasis
• Trismus pseudocamptodactyly syndrome
• Tumour growth

Drug side effect causes of Trismus

The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins may possibly cause Trismus as a side effect.

• Sinemet
• Sinemet CR
• Lodosyn

[See detailed list of 3 drug side effect causes of Trismus]

Medical Textbooks about Trismus

Free online access to excerpts without registration is available to view excerpts from medical textbooks about the causes and diagnosis of Trismus. Refer to our list of medical textbooks discussions about Trismus (Free online access to book excerpts, no registration).

Medical Books Excerpts

• JAW PAIN
• "Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs" (2003)
• [ read ]

• TRISMUS
• "Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs" (2003)
• [ read ]

• Jaw Pain/Swelling
• "In a Page: Signs and Symptoms" (2004)
• [ read ]

• Jaw pain
• "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)" (2006)
• [ read ]

• Muscle spasms [Muscle cramps]
• "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)" (2006)
• [ read ]

• Abdominal rigidity [Abdominal muscle spasm, involuntary guarding]
• "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)" (2006)
• [ read ]

• Jaw pain
• "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
• [ read ]

• Trismus
• "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
• [ read ]

• Muscle spasms [Muscle cramps]
• "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
• [ read ]

• Abdominal rigidity [Abdominal muscle spasm, involuntary guarding]
• "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
• [ read ]

• Jaw pain
• "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
• [ read ]

• Muscle spasms
• "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
• [ read ]

• Jaw pain
• "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
• [ read ]

• Muscle spasms
• "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
• [ read ]

• Jaw pain
• "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
• [ read ]

• Muscle spasms [Muscle cramps]
• "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
• [ read ]

• Abdominal rigidity [Abdominal muscle spasm, involuntary guarding]
• "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
• [ read ]

 

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