I woke up and my entire side of my face is swollen from my ear to the middle of !
Question:
I woke up and my entire side of my face is swollen from my ear to the middle of my lip - it is an abscess?
I've been having some sore teeth problems, but today I woke up and my entire face is swollen from my ear to the middle of my lip. You can SEE it and you can feel the lumpiness of it when you touch it.
It hurts really bad and I can barely open my mouth wide to eat or talk.
What is it???
Answers:
That is an abssessed tooth. I have had them twice so I should know. The last time it got down into my throat where I could hardly swallow. This is bad. You need to get rid of the infection before the dentist will touch you. The reason you need the infection gone first before a root canal can be done is the numbing medicine will not work if it isn't gone. The infection blocks it from working. Let me tell you it would be hell if you couldn't get numbed up. So get some antibiotics and get it gone. Also can use Colloidal Silver. Works like a chram. Once it is gone see the dentist asap and get the root canal and crown put on. It is not bad at all. It is like having a filling done, but takes a bit longer. If you don't get the infection cleared up it can spread and go to your heart and kill you- no joke. This is nothing to fool around with.