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temples swell when eating

By da web | 56 posts, last post
Dr Artem Agafonov answered this Possible Causes of Swollen Temples
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Guest

I have had all my wisdom teeth removed and I still have this problem.
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Guest

I had all my wisdom teeth cut out 20 years ago. My temples still swell when I eat anything!
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Guest

Were you able to come to a conclusion on what is wrong?
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Guest

Hi,

I had swollen temples come up after I sleep once (3 months ago)
for the past two days after chewing anything both temples swell. IT''s not any type of food or any medication and supplement. I don't know, having blood tests done
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Guest

Was in deep pain for long time till I read this blog & went to dentist. Sure enough, my problem too was impaction due to wisdom tooth which was causing nerve agitation. As some people suggested, my problem too got solved with extraction of wisdom tooth!

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Guest

I have the same issue. Can literally feel them and watch them grow. Ive formed the opinion it's from salty foods. Many of the foods talked about in these post are also high in salt. I would tend to agree with the reader who says MSG, and I will add salt.
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Guest

i am also passing through this problem but doctor didn't see any problem dr told me that eat soft foods it will slowly go...if u got any solution please share with me also
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Guest

I have the same issue. Went to every doc you can think of and finally got a MRI. I have a Pineal Cyst in my brain. Don't freak out as this is common but mine is larger than most. 12 mm . At least I have an answer now. Got tired of docs thinking I was crazy. I searched tons of message boards for this issue so just wanted to give a possible answer for those doing the same.
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Guest

It happend to me for the first time ever just 5 days ago ( pressure in the temples, no swelling) and it was when eating Won ton soup at a Chinese restaurant that I'd never visited before. I ordered a take out last night from the same Chinese restaurant...... and the same thing happened again!!!!!! I've been reading about Chinese restaurant syndrome, sounds plausible.
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Guest

Im taking prednisone for asthma for 2 wks and the past two days my temples are swelling out hard and big when im chewing. My head feels spacy and tingly. I do not know if there is a connection but I have never experienced this before.
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Guest

I don’t have any wisdom teeth and I have this problem so no this does not work
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Guest

I've found that I do grind or clench my teeth when stressed and also when I eat when super hungry I bite off more than I can chew, probably opening my mouth bit to far then really having to chew but then I'll got at again straight after swallowing coz I'm hungry lol, hence giving my jaw the pump as bodybuilders call it when lifting weights, temples all pumped up, if you do this often then the same happens to your temples as it would lifting weights , u build muscle so in my opinion, stop the habit lose the muscle
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Guest

I get the same thing and the one person who explained it as the muscles being overworked I think is right on point because it only happens to me when I eat something that is extremely chewy or hard to chew like for example it always happens to me when I eat beef jerky. It goes away within like 10 minutes but it is definitely strange
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Guest

My temples swell when I eat hard/rubbery foods for prolonged time... they come back to normalcy in just 10 mins. If I eat the same food but when it’s soft I don’t see any problem, so I guess it’s nothing to do with allergy but jaw muscles getting overworked?
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beige lightning

omg, thanks SO MUCH for this! I've been having this for so long. I recently purchased new glasses, and when this happens, my temples swell and my glasses which are normally a bit loose, become tight. It's so uncomfortable. I'm guessing this has to do with TMJ. I'm not sure what it is, but I'm so happy that I see others have this, and it's not "all in my head" (pun intended)

It happens all the time to me now but it was very bad if I ate something that you have to chew a lot, like Twizzlers or chewy candy, which by the way, I don't eat often at all. Thank you for giving a name to this ("bilateral temporalis hypertrophy") to the "guest" who answered. I can now tell my ENT doctor.

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