kitkats
24-05-15, 19:47
i'm really worried i'm developing a brain abscess! basically, i had an abscess tooth and i got it fixed pretty quickly. antibiotics and a root canal. it was no problem and everyone i worked with was really reassuring.
then i got home and my left eye (this is the side i had my root canal on) was watery and the eyelid was a little swollen. i was like, mm, okay, no big deal.
then about two days later, i started getting some head pains. and they've just gotten worse and worse. they're not in any specific location, they come and go too. the only consistent ones are my two temples. pills don't really help. i was so freaked out about brain abscess (i read about it in advance) on the first day i got the head pains that i ended up throwing up. i have back/shoulder/neck pain, my jaw hurts, sometimes my chest is tight, rashes, i feel shaky and nervous all the time. i couldn't sleep last night because i was so upset and i'm not hungry either. i finished my dose of antibiotics yesterday afternoon and since then i've been feeling this way.
i saw my eye doctor this morning about the swelling and he said it wasn't swollen or infected at all, but i thought it was. just a little. isn't swelling a sign of a failed root canal? and the back pain and headaches can't be good. i'm so upset right now and i'm so convinced that there's an abscess either in my brain or maybe my spine.
i can't get a blood culture or any scans done today, nor can i get in contact with my dentist. i don't want to go to the er over nothing but i'm feeling so scared. can someone please reassure me that this isn't happening? or if you think it is, what do i do?
then i got home and my left eye (this is the side i had my root canal on) was watery and the eyelid was a little swollen. i was like, mm, okay, no big deal.
then about two days later, i started getting some head pains. and they've just gotten worse and worse. they're not in any specific location, they come and go too. the only consistent ones are my two temples. pills don't really help. i was so freaked out about brain abscess (i read about it in advance) on the first day i got the head pains that i ended up throwing up. i have back/shoulder/neck pain, my jaw hurts, sometimes my chest is tight, rashes, i feel shaky and nervous all the time. i couldn't sleep last night because i was so upset and i'm not hungry either. i finished my dose of antibiotics yesterday afternoon and since then i've been feeling this way.
i saw my eye doctor this morning about the swelling and he said it wasn't swollen or infected at all, but i thought it was. just a little. isn't swelling a sign of a failed root canal? and the back pain and headaches can't be good. i'm so upset right now and i'm so convinced that there's an abscess either in my brain or maybe my spine.
i can't get a blood culture or any scans done today, nor can i get in contact with my dentist. i don't want to go to the er over nothing but i'm feeling so scared. can someone please reassure me that this isn't happening? or if you think it is, what do i do?