aliayna
02-10-13, 09:05
Yesterday I went to A&E as urged by my boss, due to pain in the left side of my mouth. The day before I figured wisdom tooth again which I could easily ignore, but yesterday I had other symptoms: severe nausea, horrible headache pains, fatigue so bad I'm genuinely surprised I made it to work and then A&E by bus and stomach upset.
It worried me because if they're linked, that's a tooth infection and dr. Google had told me left untreated, that's fatal. At the hospital, they brushed me off completely. They didn't even check my vitals! She told me they do not deal with dental issues there and I'll have to book an appointment with my dentist. I told her I had already tried this the day before and I couldn't be seen until December (true!). She then sent me to an out of hours medical clinic which was next door. I was seen quickly, and the doctor called up a dental surgery nearby to fit me in the same day, I made my way, waited three hours and was seen for thirty seconds.
He took one glance into my mouth and prescribed amoxicillin and told me my other symptoms are unrelated and that I probably have a stomach bug. I believed him, went to a chemist and came home.
Since then my tooth pain isn't even my main concern. It's the other symptoms. I checked the NHS website and I have all of the symptoms of an abscess. And it days that's treated by a dental procedure - draining the pus from my mouth. He didn't do that! It says antibiotics are not the way to treat it. That's what he gave me! It says left untreated the infection spreads to the brain and is serious. This isn't dr. Google, this is the actual NHS website telling me this!
Is my dentist wrong?! What should Ido?! I am SO terrified I've had three panic attacks already since I got home!
It worried me because if they're linked, that's a tooth infection and dr. Google had told me left untreated, that's fatal. At the hospital, they brushed me off completely. They didn't even check my vitals! She told me they do not deal with dental issues there and I'll have to book an appointment with my dentist. I told her I had already tried this the day before and I couldn't be seen until December (true!). She then sent me to an out of hours medical clinic which was next door. I was seen quickly, and the doctor called up a dental surgery nearby to fit me in the same day, I made my way, waited three hours and was seen for thirty seconds.
He took one glance into my mouth and prescribed amoxicillin and told me my other symptoms are unrelated and that I probably have a stomach bug. I believed him, went to a chemist and came home.
Since then my tooth pain isn't even my main concern. It's the other symptoms. I checked the NHS website and I have all of the symptoms of an abscess. And it days that's treated by a dental procedure - draining the pus from my mouth. He didn't do that! It says antibiotics are not the way to treat it. That's what he gave me! It says left untreated the infection spreads to the brain and is serious. This isn't dr. Google, this is the actual NHS website telling me this!
Is my dentist wrong?! What should Ido?! I am SO terrified I've had three panic attacks already since I got home!