For a year, until about six months ago, Madam Ang (not her real name), 45, put up with severe intermittent pain in her left cheek and jaw.
She would have pain attacks on the same spots that came on like an electric shock every hour, lasting for about five minutes each time. The pain worsened when she touched her face, brushed her teeth, chewed on her food or talked.
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