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Suggest Treatment For Severe Pain Post Tooth Extraction
Hi. So i had an abscessed tooth extracted a week ago today. Procedure took 2 1/2 hours. Novacaine wore off 3 times, tooth broke, dentist cut his finger on my tooth, hammered on my tooth 6 different times trying to get it loose. Said there was a hole in the bone and that the roots kept slipping into the hole. I've had several extractions and i knew that once all the Novacaine wore off there wud be significant pain. There was/is. 3 days after surgery the pain got much worse and i developed a fever on day 4 of 100.1. Dentist saw me finally on Thurs. He said it all looked fine but gave me an Rx for penicillin anyway. Thursday i noticed significant swelling in my feet and ankles with pain and numbness. Is that weird?
Thu, 26 Apr 2018
Hello,
Well, the symptoms of swelling and numbness of feet and ankles along with pain looks like a side effect of the antibiotic Penicillin although not commonly seen. The swelling does not seem to be due to tooth extraction or infection at the extraction site.
So my suggestion is to consult an Emergency room or your Dentist and get examined. If the swelling is due to side effects of Penicillin then the antibiotic will be changed.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Honey Arora
Well, the symptoms of swelling and numbness of feet and ankles along with pain looks like a side effect of the antibiotic Penicillin although not commonly seen. The swelling does not seem to be due to tooth extraction or infection at the extraction site.
So my suggestion is to consult an Emergency room or your Dentist and get examined. If the swelling is due to side effects of Penicillin then the antibiotic will be changed.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Honey Arora
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Hello,
As per your query, you have symptoms of severe pain post tooth extraction which is very common as the force required for extraction is very much and could be due to excessive tissue laceration. Usually, it will take around one week for proper healing of socket. Other systems are very uncommon after extraction, it seems to be bacteremia and septicemia.
Need not to worry. I would suggest you visit dentist/ oral and maxillofacial surgeon once again and get it examined completely and start treatment accordingly. You should go to OPG as well. Take Ibuprofen medicine and maintain complete hygiene. Suck on ice pops.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Harry Maheshwari
As per your query, you have symptoms of severe pain post tooth extraction which is very common as the force required for extraction is very much and could be due to excessive tissue laceration. Usually, it will take around one week for proper healing of socket. Other systems are very uncommon after extraction, it seems to be bacteremia and septicemia.
Need not to worry. I would suggest you visit dentist/ oral and maxillofacial surgeon once again and get it examined completely and start treatment accordingly. You should go to OPG as well. Take Ibuprofen medicine and maintain complete hygiene. Suck on ice pops.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Harry Maheshwari
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