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Suggest Treatment For Swollen Gums, Headache And Swollen Glands In Neck
I have very swollen gums by my wisdom teeth on one side and have had a real bad headache the last couple of days. I got up this morning and have swollen glands in my neck on the same side. i am already on antibiotics for something else should i still go and see a doctor?
Thu, 24 Jul 2014
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Thanks for consulting HCM.
Read your query, as you have swollen gums , neck and headache this can be due to wisdom tooth eruption causing pain due to Pericornitis secondary to Pericoronal abscess or may be due to impacted wisdom tooth may be due to Mesioangular, distoangular, horizontal or vertical impaction .
Understand your pain if will suggest you to consult Oral surgeon and go for investigations done IOPA xray or OPG radiograph to evaluate the position of wisdom tooth and go for its treatment .
In meantime do warm saline gargle 3 - 4 times in day , you can take Antibiotic like Oflox oz or Amoxicillin by consulting with your doctor , for pain you can take analgesic like Paintol or Ibugesic plus.
Hope this will help you.
Thanks for consulting HCM.
Read your query, as you have swollen gums , neck and headache this can be due to wisdom tooth eruption causing pain due to Pericornitis secondary to Pericoronal abscess or may be due to impacted wisdom tooth may be due to Mesioangular, distoangular, horizontal or vertical impaction .
Understand your pain if will suggest you to consult Oral surgeon and go for investigations done IOPA xray or OPG radiograph to evaluate the position of wisdom tooth and go for its treatment .
In meantime do warm saline gargle 3 - 4 times in day , you can take Antibiotic like Oflox oz or Amoxicillin by consulting with your doctor , for pain you can take analgesic like Paintol or Ibugesic plus.
Hope this will help you.
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Thanks for your query, I have gone through your query.
The pain, swollen gums, lymphnodes and head ache could be because of the gum infection over the wisdom tooth (pericoronal infection leading to abscess formation).
Consult a oral physician and get a radiograph done to rule the amount of space present for the tooth to erupt if space is there for the tooth to erupt then the gum covering over the wisdom tooth can be removed.
If the space is not available then you have to get the wisdom tooth removed.
you can take a course of antibiotics like amoxicillin 500mg and metronidazole 400mg tid for 5 days (if you are not allergic).
Do saline gargling. i hope my answer will help you, take care.
The pain, swollen gums, lymphnodes and head ache could be because of the gum infection over the wisdom tooth (pericoronal infection leading to abscess formation).
Consult a oral physician and get a radiograph done to rule the amount of space present for the tooth to erupt if space is there for the tooth to erupt then the gum covering over the wisdom tooth can be removed.
If the space is not available then you have to get the wisdom tooth removed.
you can take a course of antibiotics like amoxicillin 500mg and metronidazole 400mg tid for 5 days (if you are not allergic).
Do saline gargling. i hope my answer will help you, take care.
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