I started having a toothache/ache in my gums on the upper left quadrant of my mouth on Tuesday. Wednesday morning I woke up and began throwing up every 10 minutes for 6 hours, extremely forceful vomit with only bile and sometimes just air. I felt very weak and tired, slept the rest of the night. The following day, was also weak, had diarrhea but no vomiting . Friday morning I still had diarrhea, but dragged myself in to the dentist . He could not find anything visible either through an x-ray or exam. Both of the molars where the pain is have had root canals. He did find a cavity under the gum line on the bottom left and said the pain could be radiating from there. I was referred to a maxillofacial surgeon who pulled the tooth that afternoon. Well, then I had pain in the top and bottom left side of my mouth, but the top was MUCH worse. Sunday night my lower legs became numb and I notice the numbness and tingling is also going into my arms and hands at times. I am unbelievably exhausted and have now noticed a swelling between my gums and my cheek on the left as well as severe pain in my left cheek constantly, even more so when it is touched. I still feel sort of nauseous as well. What do I do? I am a mom of six little children and spent every cent I could possibly spare for the maxillofacial surgeon (only half will eventually be covered). Please help!
Hi. Thanks for the query...It's normal to have mild pain and weakness after extraction... swelling will go eventually after some time...just take proper course of antibiotics and painkillers prescribed by your dentist...and do warm saline rinses 6-7 times a day... symptoms should subside in a week... if still not relieved in a week, consult your dentist again... take care...