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spacecadetglow
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 Posted: 06/23/07 - 19:28 Post subject: strep throat & wisdom teeth |
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Hello,
I am a 20 year old female who recently had a bout with what i'm pretty was strep throat. It started out with a fever and just generally feeling run down and bad, and a sore throat. I was in bed for two days with the most killer sore throat in the world, but I'm feeling much better now, thanks to a Z-pack.
A friend of mine a few months ago had strep throat as well, but his ended up being due to impacted wisdom teeth that were causing an infection. A few weeks ago I went in to see my dentist about my wisdom teeth because I was having pain in my jaw on the right side. He said that the tooth was trying to push through, but that it was not impacted so it wouldn't be a problem. He put me on amoxicillan to clear up an infection that I had (apparently this is common). As for my other wisdom teeth, the x-rays show that they won't be coming in for a long time... I can't remember whether or not they were impacted, however.
I've been reading that sometimes an infection caused by impacted wisdom teeth is sometimes mistaken for strep. I'm having pain on my left side--my left lymph node is swollen and painful, i have slight pain in my left ear, and there are white patches on my throat on the left side.
So far I haven't had any real jaw pain (though I did before, with the right wisdom tooth), but I feel a weird pressure in my mouth. Could this just be from the swollen glands in my neck? My gums don't look swollen. If I press on my gums or mouth area it doesn't hurt. So I'm very confused... is it strep or does it have to do with my wisdom teeth?? Especially because the problem I was having was on my RIGHT side, and he said nothing was going on with the left side. Anyone have any advice or insight?
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Amy |
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| Posted: 01/12/08 - 23:07 Post subject: |
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| I have the same symptoms you described--one sided tonsillitis, basically, with swollen glands. I had all 4 wisdom teeth pulled a year ago. There was always pain after they were pulled, in the places were they had been (they were impacted and never surfaced). A week & a half ago the pain became severe and I got a fever. The tonsillitis and an accompanying ear infection became apparent about 4 days ago. I believe these things are related but my doctor is not listening to me. |
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