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pam640
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Hi, thanks so much for your help in this issue. Monday, I started having pain in my upper right mouth area where the molars are. I have been taking Tylenol every six hours, but the pain with not go away. In fact, it is getting worse.
Tuesday, I went to the dentist, and all four wisdom teeth are impacted. He recommended getting the upper right one and the upper left one removed, because they are growing into my adjacent molars. The lower jaw, he said those are so imbedded into the bone and close to a dangerous nerve, those won't be removed. I am 49 with diabetes and hypertension, by the way.
When I left from the consultation, later that night, the pain spread also to my lower jaw. I have been taking the antibiotics the dentist gave me, but whenever I try not to take any Tylenol, I am in so much extreme pain that I have to lay down. Then, I break down and take the Tylenol.
Does an impacted wisdom tooth really cause that much pain? Or, is it possibly what a friend told me that she has, something called trigeminal neuralgia? The pain is getting worse each day, and I am getting scared.
Thanks so much again.
Pam
Tuesday, I went to the dentist, and all four wisdom teeth are impacted. He recommended getting the upper right one and the upper left one removed, because they are growing into my adjacent molars. The lower jaw, he said those are so imbedded into the bone and close to a dangerous nerve, those won't be removed. I am 49 with diabetes and hypertension, by the way.
When I left from the consultation, later that night, the pain spread also to my lower jaw. I have been taking the antibiotics the dentist gave me, but whenever I try not to take any Tylenol, I am in so much extreme pain that I have to lay down. Then, I break down and take the Tylenol.
Does an impacted wisdom tooth really cause that much pain? Or, is it possibly what a friend told me that she has, something called trigeminal neuralgia? The pain is getting worse each day, and I am getting scared.
Thanks so much again.
Pam