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What Causes Body Itching After Tooth Extraction?

Tooth extracted yesterday morning. novacane or similar deadener used.
Trouble swallowing through afternoon evening yesterday. Swallowing issue resolved itself by mid night.
Itching over entire body since noon yesterday. Now itching is localized to head, face and arms. Quite annoying, Solution for itching?
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Wed, 25 Apr 2018
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Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service.
I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.

Your symptoms of severe itching and difficulty in swallowing are all due to allergic reaction. It can be a late reaction to the local anaesthesia while it can also be due to allergic reaction to any medicine that you are probably given post extraction like antibiotic and painkiller.

So, my suggestion is to once consult an Emergency room and get checked so that the exact cause can be detected.

For now, if you are taking any medicine, please avoid it and take anti allergics like Benadryl to relieve the symptoms.

Also if the swelling of tongue recurs, it can be fatal as it can cause choking so it is better to take care and consult a Emergency room soon.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Dr. Honey Arora
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What Causes Body Itching After Tooth Extraction?

Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. Your symptoms of severe itching and difficulty in swallowing are all due to allergic reaction. It can be a late reaction to the local anaesthesia while it can also be due to allergic reaction to any medicine that you are probably given post extraction like antibiotic and painkiller. So, my suggestion is to once consult an Emergency room and get checked so that the exact cause can be detected. For now, if you are taking any medicine, please avoid it and take anti allergics like Benadryl to relieve the symptoms. Also if the swelling of tongue recurs, it can be fatal as it can cause choking so it is better to take care and consult a Emergency room soon. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Honey Arora