[Dave138]

Tooth was broken and rotted. Had it extracted. That was six days ago. 4 days now I've been taking amox. 500mg 2X daily.
At first the infection was minimal.
Days after extraction it became much larger.

Now it's very painful and about the size of a golf ball.
This is lower jaw, 2nd molar from the back.

It's clearly swollen up around my gum line and is pushing my check out.

I bought some small syringes and rubbing alcohol to clean them before using.

My thought was to pierce the gum near the socket of the missing tooth to drain the puss.

I don't believe I got dry socket, but I noticed today, some small amount of puss will ooze though the small near healed up hole where the tooth was.

I looked over this site to find a solid answer.

Basically I can't afford any care, I'm already on antibiotics,
I feel that draining it will help.

I haven't seen a real good reason not to poke it and drain it, but I am hesitant.

Am I on the right track here? What's the worst case scenario if I poke it w this syringe?

Thank you so much
Dave from Portland