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soupy
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Hi there, thanks in advance for any help.
background - phobic here that also - has phobia of 'big blood test sized' needles, doesn't like being touched, has multiple allergies, has ibs, has never taken antibiotics as i have family members with antibiotic allergies and other serious anyphylatic allergies, is phobic of vomitting (recovering eating disorder sufferer), has just healed uclers naturally after 4 years, is getting over a serious rare skin condition that meant i could not have dentistry for 4 years, and finally, I don't want to take antibiotics even if I am not allergic to them because they are vey hard on the gastro intestinal tract and can cause serious skin allergies.
I am in the UK and have to have an extraction, LL6 molar. Prior to this i have had 5 root canals and gum surgery. Not once have I been asked to take antibiotics, which is fortunate.
Saturday just gone, abscess pops up on root canalled, cracked, crowned tooth. I visited my dentist 2 days ago, I seem to have cleared the infection with allicin and garlic rinses, but the tooth must come out. Due to issues getting a separate anaesthetist the work cannot be done for 3 weeks. Dentist says i don't need antibiotics at present, but there's a chance i *might* post extraction and wants me to have a blood test screening for allergy to anti bios just to be on the safe side IN CASE i was to need them. Dentist also said, if i cant take them, there are 'other ways to treat an infection but they are a little more intrusive'.
My questions are - how likely is it i would need antibiotics afterwards (or before treatment)? I haven't needed them for all my root canals. Also, if i was to pluck up the nerve for the blood test (very unlikely due to all my problems), and was allergic to antibiotics, what are these other 'more intrusive' ways of dealing with an infection?
i am terrified of EVERYTHING, and at this point and the issue of ANTIBIOTICS is causing even more stress. My dentists receptionist did not help matters by saying i would end up in emergency with no sedation.
background - phobic here that also - has phobia of 'big blood test sized' needles, doesn't like being touched, has multiple allergies, has ibs, has never taken antibiotics as i have family members with antibiotic allergies and other serious anyphylatic allergies, is phobic of vomitting (recovering eating disorder sufferer), has just healed uclers naturally after 4 years, is getting over a serious rare skin condition that meant i could not have dentistry for 4 years, and finally, I don't want to take antibiotics even if I am not allergic to them because they are vey hard on the gastro intestinal tract and can cause serious skin allergies.
I am in the UK and have to have an extraction, LL6 molar. Prior to this i have had 5 root canals and gum surgery. Not once have I been asked to take antibiotics, which is fortunate.
Saturday just gone, abscess pops up on root canalled, cracked, crowned tooth. I visited my dentist 2 days ago, I seem to have cleared the infection with allicin and garlic rinses, but the tooth must come out. Due to issues getting a separate anaesthetist the work cannot be done for 3 weeks. Dentist says i don't need antibiotics at present, but there's a chance i *might* post extraction and wants me to have a blood test screening for allergy to anti bios just to be on the safe side IN CASE i was to need them. Dentist also said, if i cant take them, there are 'other ways to treat an infection but they are a little more intrusive'.
My questions are - how likely is it i would need antibiotics afterwards (or before treatment)? I haven't needed them for all my root canals. Also, if i was to pluck up the nerve for the blood test (very unlikely due to all my problems), and was allergic to antibiotics, what are these other 'more intrusive' ways of dealing with an infection?
i am terrified of EVERYTHING, and at this point and the issue of ANTIBIOTICS is causing even more stress. My dentists receptionist did not help matters by saying i would end up in emergency with no sedation.
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