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Have Swelling Jaw Line To Lower Eye, After Spider Bite, Have Tooth Ache, Had RCT. Bite Or Tooth?
The left side of my face; from the jaw line to under the lower eye line is swollen and painful.It extends to my ear. I was bit by a spider on the left side of neck 6 days ago. The swelling has been slowly increasing since then. The inside of my mouth is bright red and several teeth ache. One of the teeth had a root canal 6-7 years ago. Is this result of the bite or is it the tooth? How can I tell?
Fri, 26 Apr 2013
Hello,
Thanks for posting your query.
The swelling after spider bite has aggrevated and spread into entire face and oral cavity.
The insect bite has aggrevated toothache too.
Get your teeth checked by a dentist.
Decayed teeth has to be restored/root canal treated.
Get scaling done.
The venom of spider bite has to be removed using antibiotics.
Maintain oral hygiene well.
Use chlorhexidine mouthrinses to gargle.
Also check your blood to evaluate any poison has entered into your blood stream.
Take care.
Thanks for posting your query.
The swelling after spider bite has aggrevated and spread into entire face and oral cavity.
The insect bite has aggrevated toothache too.
Get your teeth checked by a dentist.
Decayed teeth has to be restored/root canal treated.
Get scaling done.
The venom of spider bite has to be removed using antibiotics.
Maintain oral hygiene well.
Use chlorhexidine mouthrinses to gargle.
Also check your blood to evaluate any poison has entered into your blood stream.
Take care.
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Hi,
Thanks for asking the query,
Swelling near the eyelid is due to the spider bite, make sure that you are immunized for tetanus if you are not so in the last five years. Infection caused by the spider bite can be treated with the help of antibiotics.As such most of the cases of spider bites heal by themselves.
For toothache you need to visit the Dentsit and get the checkup done, take an x-ray of the tooth,if the tooth is re-infected you have to go for re-RCT.
Take complete course of antibiotics and analgesics.
Maintain a good oral hygiene.
Hope this helps out.
Regards.
Thanks for asking the query,
Swelling near the eyelid is due to the spider bite, make sure that you are immunized for tetanus if you are not so in the last five years. Infection caused by the spider bite can be treated with the help of antibiotics.As such most of the cases of spider bites heal by themselves.
For toothache you need to visit the Dentsit and get the checkup done, take an x-ray of the tooth,if the tooth is re-infected you have to go for re-RCT.
Take complete course of antibiotics and analgesics.
Maintain a good oral hygiene.
Hope this helps out.
Regards.
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Hello,
The problem could be due to the teeth decayed. If the teeth are decayed and infected it should be treated by RCT or Extraction. You will have to take a course of antibiotics for the infection to subside. Take warm saline gargle 3-4 times a day. Do a scaling of teeth once in 6 months.
Regards
The problem could be due to the teeth decayed. If the teeth are decayed and infected it should be treated by RCT or Extraction. You will have to take a course of antibiotics for the infection to subside. Take warm saline gargle 3-4 times a day. Do a scaling of teeth once in 6 months.
Regards
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