My 5 yr old daughter fell and put her tooth through her lip (a little under her lip). She had 4 dissolvable stiches inside and 4 regular stiches outside. The stiches came out a couple weeks ago and there is a lump that has developed where the wound was. If you push on the inside, the lump gets bigger on the outside and is a white color. Should I take her back in to a dr in case it s an infection?
This seems a soft tissue infection or accumulated fluid side wound. If I were your doctor, I would have insisted upon you to resort to the safest non-toxic healer of Ayurveda for such problems. Herbal oil IRIMEDADI tel may be applied thrice at least in a day. Allow it to remain there for some time and spit. If it goes into throat by chance, no harm. It's not palatable. Also give little turmeric (or Hard Chat Doctor.  Any infection, swelling, accumulation of fluid would be ad