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Originally Posted by Bryanna
btdt,
I am so sorry for all the hell you are going through. You are right your dentists and the er drs are not getting to the root of the problem. At this point you are very ill and not only from the "source" of the infection but from all of the medications.
I am not a doctor so I can only give you my professional opinion based on my experiences and what you are telling me.
Number one.... Any teeth that you have that are root canaled are diseased. Plain and simple they are sick and infected. It does not matter who did the root canals, how well or how crappy the procedure was done or if you have any obvious tooth related symptoms with these teeth. ALL root canaled teeth are chronically infected and it is common for the infection to proliferate to the bone, the sinus, the blood stream and beyond.
Number two....There could be residual infectious bacteria in the areas where you had teeth extracted that had been previously root canaled. These infections do not always show symptoms in the area where the tooth use to be. The symptoms can be more "systemic" than tooth or mouth related. These infections are not always picked up on routine x-rays.
Number three... If you have periodontal disease or rampant tooth decay these are all infectious diseases which would be adding to the overall burden of infection.
Have you seen an ENT doctor? Perhaps a visit to your primary care doctor explaining your ordeal and ask for a recommendation to an infectious disease doctor.
I wish I could offer you more help here. I hope you find relief soon.
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I thought there was more going on and that is was connected to the tooth infection. The clinic doctor who told me I had a kidney infection said it was not related. I wish I could get the doctor to talk to the dentist but they never connect. I can see an ENT if I go back and get my doc to refer me. I did see one last year he said I was fine but my ear was bothering me dull ache from my ear bit in my neck up the back of my head... he found nothing. Actually I may be able to call and go back as it has not been a year yet I think they take folks back at less than a year. They checked my blood at the hosp and said it was ok she said the antibiotics I was on would keep infection from showing... so how I ever get this identified and done?
The second last doctor I seen at the clinic would not give me any antibiotics even tho I knew I was still sick... she gave me pain pills tho. how screwed up in that... drug seeking awareness and all they lip serve. I did go over this all with my own doctor last wk when she gave me the antibiotics and warned me about too many pain pills.
If it does not show in the blood and the dentist will not pull teeth that don't show infection... and I end up with scary head pain and other symptoms and my lungs fill up.. sinus too... shortly after I stop any antibiotic...
I am not sure why I expect so much from this modern medicine that we supposedly have but I thought there would be something they could do to figure this out.
My doc has sent me back to the dentist who I did not connect with last wk ... did I say that already... sorry if I did I will call tomorrow. I think I am not thinking well... not right it may be a side effect from the pain pills and the antibiotics. I have pain in the strangest places... it is odd it moves around but always on one side seems it can pop up any place on one side.
I am quite sure my doctor is not expecting or wanting to see me till these drugs are gone that is how it goes come back when your sick again.
Thanks for answering me it gives me something to do to type this out while I am waiting for pills to kill this... any chance of these finally being the right pill and I just get better and stay that way? Thanks for the advice.