Pain where the jaw meets the neck

The junction of the chin and neck can be said to be one of the most active parts of our body, and it is easy to cause pain if it is overworked. However, this is not the only reason for pain at the junction of the chin and neck. There are other disease factors as well. This is what we need to pay attention to. Our first task is to figure out the situation so that we can relieve the pain as soon as possible.

Possible causes of pain at the junction of the chin and neck include tonsillitis, submandibular glanditis, thyroiditis, etc. You can go to the hospital for a color ultrasound examination. If there are no problems with these areas, you can do a cervical magnetic resonance imaging to see if there are any lesions deep in the throat.

Tonsillitis can be divided into acute tonsillitis and chronic tonsillitis. Chronic tonsillitis may occur after suffering from acute infectious diseases (such as scarlet fever, measles, influenza, diphtheria, etc.), and sinus infections in the nasal cavity may also be associated with this disease. The most common pathogens are streptococci and staphylococci. The clinical manifestations include frequent throat discomfort, foreign body sensation, dryness, itching, irritating cough, bad breath and other symptoms.

Submandibular gland inflammation is a retrograde inflammation of the submandibular gland caused by obstruction and stenosis of the duct, called submandibular gland inflammation, which is often complicated by sialolithiasis. The main clinical manifestations are submandibular gland enlargement, pain, and purulent secretions overflowing from the duct orifice. The disease has a high incidence rate in adults and is mostly a chronic manifestation. There are currently more effective treatment drugs and methods with a higher cure rate. Those who do not receive timely treatment or those who do not receive regular treatment will have poor therapeutic effects. Therefore, early treatment is the key.

Thyroiditis is a heterogeneous group of diseases involving the thyroid gland caused by various reasons. The causes are different, and the clinical manifestations and prognosis vary greatly. The thyroid function may be normal, hyperthyroid, or hypothyroid. Sometimes all three functional abnormalities may occur during the course of the disease. Some patients eventually develop permanent hypothyroidism. According to the course of the disease, it is divided into acute (suppurative), subacute (non-suppurative) and chronic. According to the cause, it is divided into infectious, autoimmune, radiation thyroiditis, etc. Among them, autoimmune thyroiditis is the most common, which can be divided into Hashimoto's thyroiditis (i.e. chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis), atrophic thyroiditis, painless thyroiditis and postpartum thyroiditis. The following mainly discusses several common types of thyroiditis.