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Have Swelling Between Nose And Left Eye. What Could Be Causing This?

I have swelling between my nose and left eye that was originally half the size of a pencil that ran to my gum. I went to dentist and they took 4 xrays and did heat and cold tests trying to decide which tooth was causing the problem. I have never had any pain from this other than the injection of pain meds before the extraction of the tooth. I went back the next week and was still swollen same as when I went in originally and the dentist opened the socket up and scraped it out and the gum swelling was reduced a lot and he said it looked like a blood clot that he removed with the scraping. However it is three weeks now and I am still getting some swelling under my eye when I am active doing household chores like pressure there from bending over alot or strain . Pushing on the area between the eye and nose and sliding my finger down towards my gums causes a pressure feeling at the socket where the extraction was done plus it feels like it goes to the tooth in front of the extraction. Dentist says that tooth wasn t involved and the swelling has never came back to gum area just in my cheek area. I am disabled on fixed social security income with no money for dental insurance only part a and b medicare and can t afford any extra expense and don t know what is going on or what to do. What could be causing this? Since there was no pain involved is it possible I have gotten infection in the bone from letting this go on to long not realizing there was a problem?
Mon, 4 Nov 2013
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thank you posting your query.
since xrays were taken with respect to the concerned teeth and xray results have come out clear this is not associated with your teeth. As this area primaril y involves the maxillary sinus, i would advise you to consult an ENT surgeon along with couple of sinus xrays.
Hope you get well soon.
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Have Swelling Between Nose And Left Eye. What Could Be Causing This?

thank you posting your query. since xrays were taken with respect to the concerned teeth and xray results have come out clear this is not associated with your teeth. As this area primaril y involves the maxillary sinus, i would advise you to consult an ENT surgeon along with couple of sinus xrays. Hope you get well soon.