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Suggest Remedy For Headache & Painful Gums & Ear Post Tooth Extraction
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I am a 29year old female, my weight is 60.
I had the 2nd last tooth on the right hand side of my mouth extracted a week ago. 4 days therafter i experienced severe headaches as well as pains in my ear and throte. I went back to the dentist and they said that I should have only rinsed my mouth 24hrs later & as a result it has clotted and caused an infection. After cleaning the infection I could still feel the pains. Today it is the 3rd day after it has been cleaned and the headaches as well as the pain in the gum and ears do not go away not unless I take strong pain killers for them.Please Is there any other way how I can have these pains and discomfort to stop? Do i need to consult with a GP or a Dentist again?
Please Help
I am a 29year old female, my weight is 60.
I had the 2nd last tooth on the right hand side of my mouth extracted a week ago. 4 days therafter i experienced severe headaches as well as pains in my ear and throte. I went back to the dentist and they said that I should have only rinsed my mouth 24hrs later & as a result it has clotted and caused an infection. After cleaning the infection I could still feel the pains. Today it is the 3rd day after it has been cleaned and the headaches as well as the pain in the gum and ears do not go away not unless I take strong pain killers for them.Please Is there any other way how I can have these pains and discomfort to stop? Do i need to consult with a GP or a Dentist again?
Please Help
Wed, 23 Jul 2014
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The signs and symptoms you have mentioned suggests a condition called dry socket , which is usually caused by the dislodgement of the early clot and thereby causing infection .Vigorous gargling does sometimes leads to the dislodgement .
I would advice you to take ibuprofen for pain( if you are not allergic to any medicine)and antibiotics amoxicillin and metrolag (prescribed antibiotics are not mentioned in your query) as prescribed by your dentist .
Do salt water gargling but not vigorously . Avoid drinking with straw .
Take a soft diet for a while .
Visit your dentist and they will medicate the socket to induce the healing process.It takes a little while to settle down.
I Hope this will help you.
Thanks and regards.
Read your query.
The signs and symptoms you have mentioned suggests a condition called dry socket , which is usually caused by the dislodgement of the early clot and thereby causing infection .Vigorous gargling does sometimes leads to the dislodgement .
I would advice you to take ibuprofen for pain( if you are not allergic to any medicine)and antibiotics amoxicillin and metrolag (prescribed antibiotics are not mentioned in your query) as prescribed by your dentist .
Do salt water gargling but not vigorously . Avoid drinking with straw .
Take a soft diet for a while .
Visit your dentist and they will medicate the socket to induce the healing process.It takes a little while to settle down.
I Hope this will help you.
Thanks and regards.
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Hello,
Thanks for consulting HCM,
Read your query, headache , painful gums , earache after extraction this pain can be due to infection in socket it can be due to clot dislogement of blood clot results in formation of Dry socket dont be worried so much I will suggest you to consult dentist and go for examination of socket and medicaton like irrigation of socket and Zinc oxide eugenol pack on socket.
Hope this will help you.
Thanks for consulting HCM,
Read your query, headache , painful gums , earache after extraction this pain can be due to infection in socket it can be due to clot dislogement of blood clot results in formation of Dry socket dont be worried so much I will suggest you to consult dentist and go for examination of socket and medicaton like irrigation of socket and Zinc oxide eugenol pack on socket.
Hope this will help you.
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