I had a wisdom tooth surgically extracted on 8/31/09. I was 28 weeks pregnant at the time so the only anesthetic that was used was a local. The extraction itself was incredibly
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Post-traumatic stress disorder and halfway through the extraction the surgeon offered to transfer me to the hospital to me put me under general anesthesia to
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Complete-rf the procedure. I declined as he was halfway done and by time I would of gotten to the hospital the tooth would of been out. The tooth was impacted and quite infected which prompted the removal. After the procedure I was prescribed
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Tylenol caplet #3 and
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Zithromax z-pak. The day following the surgery I ended up vomitting profusely. During this process the blood
clotBlood clots came out of the extraction site. I continued to do salt water rinses and taking my medication. Three days later (4 days post-op) I developed horrendous pain in my jaw,
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My question is: Is it normal to have pain two weeks following the extraction? Should I be concerned about the possibility of infection? I am now 30 weeks pregnant and am concerned about an infection sending me into pre-term labor. Also, the pain has become unbearable. I'm at a loss as to what to do. The site seems to be healing some although I still have to be very careful not to get food or anything in it.