Can Wisdom Teeth Make You Sick? Posted: 12-01-05 02:09am
I have been at my wits end trying to
figure out what in the world has happened
to my health. Been researching
everything from the thyroid to male yeast
infections. And now it's landed me here
in this dental forum. I've been trying
to retrace my steps when it comes to
symptoms and I remembered a bad mouth
infection I had in november 2004. I was
in seattle, wa opening up a new restaurant
for my company when I suddenly got really
sick. I had the worst fevers, my mouth
ached and could barely eat from it. My
tongue was messed up and there was an
infection on the gumline where my bottom
left wisdom tooth was. Not knowing what
I was dealing with at first I actually
tried to work thru it, but by the 9th day
of my trip I forced myself to go to the
hospital. They helped a little, but in
the end it was a call to my dentist which
got me feeling better......... He
prescribed me some antibiotics like
penicillian v 500 mg. It took a couple
of weeks but eventually the infection
cleared up and everything was all good.
Around april I started noticing my I felt
bloated all the time and was burping alot.
Flash forward to the past two months.
I've been suffering from the most random
symptoms ever. Everything from massive
migraines, body aches, nausea, sinus
complications, stomach and digestive
problems, blurred vision, teeth feel funny
sometimes, dry mouth, hair thinning, skin
texture changing etc etc........ I also
noticed at times my ears ache........
Is it possible that all this crap could be
from complications from my wisdom teeth?
The reason I ask is because my dentist
told me over a year and a half ago that I
was going to have to get my wisdom teeth
removed. Being the putter-offer that I
tend to be, i've let it go this long
without having gotten them out. I've
read that having wisdom teeth can cause
not only dental complications, but can
spread to other health complications as
well. Can they do what I described
above? I've been so bad about getting
in to my dentist within the last year and
a half since that phone call I made to him
when I was in seattle.
Thanks in advance for your opinions. I
just figured it was worth a shot to pose
this question here on this board because
so far it's a mystery to my doc why i'm
feeling this poorly. That's when it hit
me today, the whole wisdom teeth thing,
after somebody had been talking about how
dangerous it is to keep them in when
you're an adult. I'm a 26 year old male
by the way.
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Carifairy
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Posted: 12-12-05 13:28pm
Infections, even if they are in your
mouth, can cause systemic
reactions.(systemic is whole body) I would
say have those teeth removed asap!!!
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Juliaelle
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Posted: 12-16-05 05:59am
There is no doubts that wisdom teeth in
the process of growing may make you feel
sick in such a way. These simpthoms may
appear in a period of year or half a year
and to know the real reason you must
consult your dantist anyway. But it is
necessary to extract your teeth if it
makes you suffer by all means!
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mindy4020
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Joined: 24 Jul 2005 Posts: 7 Location: melbourne
I Had An Infected Tooth Posted: 01-30-06 15:29pm
The last couple months I have been feeling
faigued, sore throat, headaches and
feeling just terrible... I went to the
dentist and he pulled my infected tooth
out and told me that was the reason I have
been feeling sick, and if I didn't get
that taken care of I would become very
ill, I will never ingnore my teeth
again!!!!!!!!!
For the Love of God do not get them pulled
if they dont hurt I just had mine pulled
7/5/07 because my bottom teeth were
hurting me but ididnt need my top ones
done, only now realizing that after Ive
gone through all this pain, and I still
cant eat 2 days later, and Im still
bleeding!! The Dr. didnt even tell me I
could save my top ones if they didnt hurt,
so just like most Dentist I think he
wanted to cash in more from my insurance
Co. When you go home and the novacaine
wares off you will be in the most pain
you've ever been in, it is hell!! I dont
know when I will be able to eat!!
For the Love of God do not
get them pulled if they dont hurt I just
had mine pulled 7/5/07 because my bottom
teeth were hurting me but ididnt need my
top ones done, only now realizing that
after Ive gone through all this pain, and
I still cant eat 2 days later, and Im
still bleeding!! The Dr. didnt even tell
me I could save my top ones if they didnt
hurt, so just like most Dentist I think he
wanted to cash in more from my insurance
Co. When you go home and the novacaine
wares off you will be in the most pain
you've ever been in, it is hell!! I dont
know when I will be able to
eat!!
Yes, it can be painful to have your wisdom
teeth removed - however, it is sometimes
neccesary.
Did you have a little bit of gumming over
the top of your bottom tooth? That can
trap bacteria, causing it to swell. The
reason your bottom gums hurt was because
your top wisdom teeth were irritating it
when you close your mouth.
But then again, you obviously havn't been
in a whole lot of pain in your life if you
think wisdom teeth are the worst. Don't worry, it's
not as bad as he makes it out to be. The
alternative is worse.
For the Love of God do not
get them pulled if they dont hurt I just
had mine pulled 7/5/07 because my bottom
teeth were hurting me but ididnt need my
top ones done, only now realizing that
after Ive gone through all this pain, and
I still cant eat 2 days later, and Im
still bleeding!! The Dr. didnt even tell
me I could save my top ones if they didnt
hurt, so just like most Dentist I think he
wanted to cash in more from my insurance
Co. When you go home and the novacaine
wares off you will be in the most pain
you've ever been in, it is hell!! I dont
know when I will be able to
eat!!
Yes, it can be painful to have your wisdom
teeth removed - however, it is sometimes
neccesary.
Did you have a little bit of gumming over
the top of your bottom tooth? That can
trap bacteria, causing it to swell. The
reason your bottom gums hurt was because
your top wisdom teeth were irritating it
when you close your mouth.
But then again, you obviously havn't been
in a whole lot of pain in your life if you
think wisdom teeth are the worst. Don't worry, it's
not as bad as he makes it out to be. The
alternative is
worse.
How much pain do you want me to have
gone through?? it was so painful, It
hurt really and pretty much remanied
pissed off at everything those first 2-3
weeks because of the wisdom teeth.
Yes I know it may be necessary if your
gums and teeth are hurting, I was going
through such bad pain before I got them
pulled that I dont think anyone would
believe it, but Im glad the pains gone
now, well with my teeth at least, not soo
great mentally.
But I hope no one pulls their wisdom
teeth out just for no reasons and if they
dont hurt because that would be the
dumbest thing you could ever do, in my
expert opinion, I have 2 big holes on the
bottom where my teeth were which really
sucks, does anyone know if this closes
eventually? That dentist was takin the saw
and slicing up a lot of my gums because he
clouldnt get it out, so I got big holes,
my top ones pretty much closed up right
way but I wish they were more closed.
Peace
Don't worry, it's
not as bad as he makes it out to be. The
alternative is worse.