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Originally Posted by DraX
If you truly have an infection it would show itself in other parts of your body like fatigue etc.
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no disrespect intended but not true. I think it's safe to say that if his facial dimensions are distorted and his skin feels warm it's a serious infection. besides, acute pain can cause alertness and full-body symptoms don't occur until an infection has spread beyond the initial point of infection so not feeling 'sick' is not a helpful indicator
Seriously though, props to the anti-drug peeps because people do misuse antibiotics, often. In a case of chipmunk-face antibiotics are needed though, home remedies are great but I gotta point out that before antibiotics people died of tooth infections. Do not fuck around when bacteria/infection is coursing through your blood stream.
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Originally Posted by SilentKnight
My last tooth infection was brutal. Kept me awake 72hrs. straight - ran a temp of 103f and started hallucinating. It took antibiotics to wipe it out - then I went and had 29 extractions done.
Problem solved.
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Brutal is the word, I've been there. Tooth pain really is the worst of the worst, I've broken a couple of ribs playing football and the pain was minor in comparison. Due to past massive nutritional deficiencies/osteopenia and what a couple of dentists have described as a 'acidic mouth' (a family trait) I was really prone to cavities and infections even though I've always brushed and flossed like a mofo.
I root canaled every single one and capped em all a few years ago, I did not want a life with that sporadic but overwhelming pain to be part of my future. The last episode was so bad (curled up on the floor on a sunday night counting down the hours til the dentist office opened so I could get the antibiotics to make me sane again, that's when my partner found the throat spray/toothpaste combo I recommended above) I don't want to ever go through that again. Black tea is great, for minor tooth pain. When the whole area is infected/inflamed it's not much use.
Get some antibiotics OP, the use of antibiotics when warranted is a smart choice. It is crazy that drugs with no street value need a scrip though. Like a junkie is going to shoot Amoxicillin, I figure this is a medical industry lobbied policy to protect their income.