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Pain after wisdom tooth extraction
by aleclloyd, Dec 02, 2007 12:50PM
Hi, please help asap. Last Tuesday I had a 2 teeth taken out on my lower jaw on my left side. I had a wisdom tooth and a molar tooth taken out both in one go. Ever since the surgery, I have suffered excruciating pain! Even when taking ibuprofen, the pain still continues. I have tried the strongest paracetamols and ibuprofens, but it doesn't seem to help much. What are my options?
I am also suffering constant bad breath (I am constantly able to taste a very nasty discharge from one of the sockets).
The gums also appear to be very red, and the sockets are causing me pain all around my throat and underneath my jaw. I am also suffering from headaches with this pain.
Look forward to your response.
I am also suffering constant bad breath (I am constantly able to taste a very nasty discharge from one of the sockets).
The gums also appear to be very red, and the sockets are causing me pain all around my throat and underneath my jaw. I am also suffering from headaches with this pain.
Look forward to your response.
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It is common to have some discharge from the sockets following tooth extraction and usually lasts for couple of days. Kindly stop taking analgesics.
Do not try to touch the empty sockets as this aggravates pain.
Would take 7 -10 days time for complete healing if all goes well.
It is a known association to have bad breath and discharge from sockets, but you need to spit it out.
Regarding your pain, if during tooth extraction, nerve is injured, then it causes severe excruciating pain along jaw line and also radiating as headache. This pain is often not responding to analgesics.
You can take a combination of analgesics like NSAID'S and Opoid analgesics.
Hope this helps you.
Bye.