Waking up with pain in the cheeks may be caused by mumps, periodontitis or temporomandibular joint disorder.
1. Mumps: If you don’t pay attention to hygiene in your diet or come into contact with mumps patients, it is easy for bacteria or viruses to lurk in your body.
At night, the human body will be in a state of rest, the body’s resistance will be relatively low, bacteria or viral infections are easy to attack, thus leading to mumps patients will have parotid area pain as well as swelling phenomenon, so there will be a waking up parotid pain symptoms.
2. Periodontitis: If you don’t brush your teeth carefully before going to bed, your teeth will harbor bacteria, which may cause periodontal inflammation and wisdom tooth pericoronitis when you wake up, and it may also cause inflammation of maxillary lymph nodes, which will lead to pain in the anterior edge of the biting muscle, which will be manifested as waking up with pain in the cheeks.
3. Temporomandibular joint disorder: some people with temporomandibular joint disorder are prone to grinding and clenching their teeth at night, which leads to persistent abnormal contraction and accumulation of lactic acid, resulting in spasmodic contraction of masticatory muscles after waking up with soreness.
Waking up with pain in the cheeks is recommended to actively go to a specialized hospital for a clear diagnosis, and follow the doctor’s instructions to adopt the appropriate solution.