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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 I should come back and read this again as I was in a bad way the first time I read it. I was right I missed most of what you said I wonder if this is part of not being able to get the care I need when I am really ill with this when it is at it's worst I can't think. I have an apt I made a few wks ago with my gp supposedly was her next apt at the time it is on the 14th I don't have a lot of faith in these pills at this point and completely expect this to come back shortly after this script is gone it is going slowly dimming but it seems to with each new antibiotic only to come back.
I missed the part about an infectious disease doctor completely. I was to see my primary care doctor and collected this last script she told me to see my dentist to rule out something "simple" I think she is not in a hurry to get to the bottom of it and thinks the pain may be from the spine to do with a car accident I had... but I don't think antibiotics would be easing the pain if that were the case... unless my spine is infected.. if that is even possible. I have never heard of a infectious disease doctor so would not have asked to see such a person I will ask at my next apt if I make it that long going the way I am going.
As for this
" periodontal disease or rampant tooth decay "
I don't have any cavities at all. I have always had top notch dental care tho I did break my jaw 30 years ago in a car accident and needed braces. Having the jaw wired caused gum recession which is costing me now. Looking back I think some dentist took advantage of my great dental insurance I do wonder as I have plenty of root canals and since my teeth have been a priority after early trauma I wanted to keep them healthy. Perhaps my idea of care and their idea of profit collides to my disadvantage as I had to trust them as I don't know.. they do. If I were to have periodontal disease would this not be something which be obvious to the least qualified of dentists? I am seeing my own dentist again this Thursday there is no obvious sign of any infection in my mouth and never has been much to see in there even when the infected tooth was still in there.
It seems to me it should be but maybe I am wrong maybe it is something that does not show up easily. I just don't know. I have had receding gums since my mouth was wired shut and have taken care of them best I can. I no longer have the great dental insurance or the money I once had to put into care of my teeth I do have basic dental now.
"The symptoms can be more "systemic" than tooth or mouth related. These infections are not always picked up on routine x-rays."
If what I have is caused by my teeth and I am just not sure at this point I know I am sick and that is about all I know really. Symptoms are going thru the one side of my body which is odd it is not the other side just one... but the entire side has specific places that pain but many places ...one spot can trump the other for a bit but it is a general entire side from head to foot.... the one doc who said kidney that area was swollen and the blood in the urine. Is this what systemic symptoms are like? If this cannot be found on a routine xray then how does it get found?
If I knew what test I could ask for it.
Due to the antibiotics nothing showed in my blood the last time they checked it. I was so sick the emerg doc gave me morphine and antibiotics yet nothing showed.
I am thinking better today and that in itself is hopeful but it can plummet fast I have been thru this a few times now and can't believe how I can just wake up so much worse.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for all the help you have given me already. I truly appreciate it as I tend to worry a lot about this when I am well enough to worry I am well now having a bit of advice on how to navigate this has helped a lot thank you.