These are the first symptoms of a… See more

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At 73, Clara believed the sharp pain in her temple was probably a severe migraine. The discomfort throbbed on one side of her head, and a new pain appeared in her jaw whenever she tried to chew. Those symptoms seemed separate at first, but together they formed an urgent warning that doctors did not want her to ignore.

Clara’s daughter Sarah noticed that the pain was not behaving like an ordinary headache. It had appeared suddenly, remained focused around the temple,