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toptab
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 Posted: 05/14/06 - 06:39 Post subject: Tooth / Ear infection relations |
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| Could a tooth infection create or contribute to an ear infection, are these two area's related? |
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Lori
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| Posted: 05/16/06 - 08:41 Post subject: |
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I know that ear pains could be related to wisdom teeth, I remember when I had my wisdom teeth growing, my ears were in great unbearable pains. The ear pain is sometimes called the ear infection, so have you meant on a real ear infection or just the pain? The pain in ears could also be the result of the problems with jaw joint.
I have been wondering what you mean by tooth infection, do you mean a dead tooth or some tooth abscess. My friend had a very strong earaches and headaches when she had problems with her teeth, but the doctor told her this actually had nothing to do with the teeth as these are not the symptoms of the infected ear, but she was sure it had to be the reason as, as soon as she had a tooth corrected, the headaches and earaches stopped. So that’s why I am telling you this, maybe your case is the same as my friend’s. |
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estrie
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| Posted: 06/08/06 - 23:14 Post subject: maybe it's a sinus infection? |
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I recently had some pain in a few teeth. They definately had issues, but I didn't know how much.
I went and had a filling fixed for one tooth, and planned treatment for another, but afterwards my pain actually increased but changed. The teeth still hurt, but the pain had spread to the gums, and felt like it was radiating between the top and bottom teeth, which doesn't make much sense. This pain kept me up through the night, woke me up if I did fall asleep, just awful.
I couldn't tell the dentist exactly which tooth hurt because I just *hurt* a lot at the base of the teeth, and it felt like it was in my gums and bone or something. Dentist found that my teeth were actually quite healthy and well. No help for the pain.
Then I read that it might be a sinus infection causing this radiating pain. I'd had a head cold starting right around going to the dentist, and if I tilted my head a certain way, I felt like something in my head/sinus/ear area was draining and shifting and the pain would ease a little. The pressure behind my nose would also ease a little.
I went to the doctor, she felt like it was a sinus infection, gave me antibiotics, and the next morning I woke with no pain! After moving around a bit pain came back, but after a few days of antibiotics I could stop taking pain killers. A few more days and I felt normal.
Point is that my sinus infection pain was also in my gums and felt like it was in my teeth as well. Prior to this, there was a lot of pressure in my ears, and the familiar sinus headache higher up. Some sinus cavities are close to the teeth and the pain definately connects.
Tooth infections can spread, but my understanding is they would be pretty serious to reach the ears. The infection would have to spread out of the tooth into the surrounding tissue, and then further to the ears. |
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