Fibromyalgia caused by Tooth Extractions or Birth control pills?

December 12, 2011 by Lisa

I just sent this message to my mailing list – (sign up on the home page). and see the results at the bottom.

Fibromyalgia is extremely complex, and I don’t think any one thing *causes* it.

However, sometimes I run into interesting correlations that I would like to explore further.

A few months back a friend told me that she thought her fibromyalgia was caused by hormone imbalances after years
of taking birth control pills.

Interesting! Because I also took birth control pills for
many years.

Also interesting because one of the reported benefits of
yoga is balancing of hormones, and yoga was one of the
major ways I got better.(I started with restorative yoga)

Today, I read that another friend of mine discovered that
her chronic fatigue syndrome was caused in part by
4 tooth extractions as a child.

Interesting! Because I also had 4 teeth pulled as a child.

My assumptions regarding tooth extractions would be that
both the physical act of having it done and the great
trauma and pain and tension associated with it would set up
trigger points in the jaw and neck and face.

Neck trigger points are the worst. worst. worst. worst.

And the fascia that covers the jaw muscles also covers
the neck muscles. Poking holes in jaw fascia (with novocaine
needles) could easily set up lines of scar tissue that
could start pulling funny on neck fascia.

So, my questions for you are:

Did you take birth control pills?

Did you have teeth extracted or much dental work done?

There are currently a few hundred people on this list.

I would love to hear from everyone. I will compile the
results and send them out.

It won’t prove anything, but it will be another notch
of knowledge in our belt.

If you just joined my list recently, you may be getting
this after the first time I ever sent it out.

That’s cool – I’d still like to hear from you. I’ll
just keep a running tally of comments I get and
sometimes post to let everyone know the updates.

Results

So far, here’s the results from everyone who has responded

Total: 20
Never took birth control pills or had dental work: 1
Took Birth control pills: 9
Had Dental Work: 16
Took Pills and Had Dental work: 9

There is nothing scientific about this, and there is a good chance that most of the people who didn’t respond did not ever have lots of dental work or take birth control pills, and that’s why they didn’t bother to respond.

I did have one person say that she had the worst continuing pain after back fusion surgery – maybe that should be my next question. Have you ever had surgery?

new answers coming in about surgery

respondents 2

had surgery 2

had surgery, took pills, and dental work 3

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2 Comments on Fibromyalgia caused by Tooth Extractions or Birth control pills?

  1. Toyah jade on Mon, 19th Dec 2011 11:57 am

    2. hey Lisa,

    i just wanted to mention what i have read about about dental work and cfs. I have read a few different things 1) sometimes when the dental work is done, it creates an infection in the mouth, gums crown etc that goes un-noticed and the body has to try to heal it, yet the infection still lingers thus lowering the immune system enough triggering cfs (which may or may not have been brewing before the dental work). Also, if the dental work involved mercury fillings, this could also contribute to cfs and fms, having caused a toxicity, secondary candida etc etc. Often times ant small surgery can trigger fibromylgia when they body is already is in a state of imblalance.
    oh also as you know- i have taken bcp’s
    ive also had tones of dental work done in my life

  2. admin on Tue, 20th Dec 2011 12:32 pm

    3. Hi Toyah, thanks for the comment. Your insights are appreciated . Lisa

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