Swollen neck lymph nodes

[flip1989]

Hi there,  I posted this question already but i left out some detail.

about 5-6 months ago i experienced a really soar throat and major pain in my mouth due to an impacted wisdom tooth, I went to the dentist and he told me that i have impacted wisdom teeth and that they will have to be extracted. I didnt have the cash to get them removed because of how bad they are I have to go to an oral surgeon, they said it would cost me 250 dollars a tooth and i need 4 extracted, so the dentist prescribed me antibiotics he said that it will give me some more time. I only took like 2-3 anitibiotic pills and the pain went away. So I stopped taking the antibiotics. 5 months later (recently) i started experiencing headache and some minor jaw pain then i noticed my neck was swollen on the left side (cervical chain) sometimes i feel some pain in my neck also..

My question is, is it likely that the swelling in my neck is being caused by the impacted wisdom teeth? I was supposed to take all the antibiotics the dentist gave me, but i didnt i only took 2-3 of them because the pain went away.  Im not sure because last time my impacted teeth were bothering me i felt pain in my throat and mouth. And now I have no pain in my mouth or throat, just headaches, swollen cervical chain left side, & minor jaw pain . I also remember when my impacted teeth were bothering me it was hurting on the left side the same side i now have a swollen lymph node..

I started taking the antibiotics the dentist gave me a week ago, im on my last day with the antibiotics. Since ive been taking them i havnt noticed any increase of size on my neck.. My neck is only a little imflammed, u dont c any balls on my neck it just looks like my neck sticks out a little more on my left then my right..
I also havent noticed any decrease in size on my neck since ive been taking the antibiotics.

please let me know wat u think

[thejoker9]

Hey flip-
Sounds like you have an infection in there.  Always take the anti-biotics for their full course.  The amount of pain that you feel has no relationship to when you should stop taking them.  So long as you have no other swollen nodes, pursuing the course of fighting the infection is probably the best way to go.  Best of luck and hope everything comes out well!

[flip1989]

Im also taking iburprofeen for the swelling