Originally Posted by Ronhutton

I broke a tooth last week, which got infected, and within 2 days had the most serious relapse I have ever suffered. I had to be helped to dress, helped into bed etc. I literally could not move when unmedicated. My meds did not work, until I increased them to unheard of levels, and visited the dentist. Trouble was I was now writhing around with dyskinesia, and he put a temporary filling in, with disinfectant, and then abhorted the appointment.
In the meantime, my neuro advised me to have it extracted, rather than try to save it, and get totally clear of infection. That is arranged for 2 days time. The inflamed gum has receeded to some extent, presumably due to the disinfectant in the filling, and I am improving.
I did not realise an infection could cause such a trough in symptoms, so thought it worth posting, in case others are also unaware. I did a search and found plenty of evidence for the link between infection and a relapse in symptoms. See

http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/summ...99-6764595_ITM
Infections, drug changes can bring Parkinson's to the ED.(emergency department)

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,146096,00.html
There are a lot of different processes that can make Parkinson's worse, and infections are one of them."

Anyone else had a similar experience? Seems we have got to beware
gum infections, skin infections, measles, urine infections, herpes, gut infections etc.
Ron