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What Causes Persistent Tooth Pain And Headache On The Left Side?

I have left side head ache and tooth pain, coming every ten mins or so ,lasting for 5 mins at a time. Last night it was my lower jaw teeth, today it is upper jaw teeth, moving from one tooth to another. I also have pain under my jaw from chin to ear and and large left tonsil.
posted on Mon, 16 Feb 2015
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hi,
Tt seems your tonsil may be infected,and its inflammed which is why you are experiencing pain in your tooth,chin and ear as they have similar nerve root supplies as that of the tonsil.

May i know your age and sex? if you are a female,are you menstruating regularly? are you a lactating mother?

If not, you can have a broad spectrum anti-biotic like cefixime and metronidazole,along with some analgesic anti-inflammatory like ibuprofen.

Take a PPI like omeprazole daily with these drugs.
Also add a chlorhexidine gargle twice or thrice daily.

I also suggest you to visit an ENT specialist for proper evaluation and to make sure if you would require any surgical intervention in near future.
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What Causes Persistent Tooth Pain And Headache On The Left Side?

hi, Tt seems your tonsil may be infected,and its inflammed which is why you are experiencing pain in your tooth,chin and ear as they have similar nerve root supplies as that of the tonsil. May i know your age and sex? if you are a female,are you menstruating regularly? are you a lactating mother? If not, you can have a broad spectrum anti-biotic like cefixime and metronidazole,along with some analgesic anti-inflammatory like ibuprofen. Take a PPI like omeprazole daily with these drugs. Also add a chlorhexidine gargle twice or thrice daily. I also suggest you to visit an ENT specialist for proper evaluation and to make sure if you would require any surgical intervention in near future.