TOOTH PAIN after hospital stay for sore throat!!

[kovachjon]

Hi all,

I just recently had a four day hospital stay due to an extremely bad sore throat an inner ear pain. It was deduced (FINALLY) that it was a very deep infection down in the soft tissue of my throat, just under my glands.
I was given the antibiotic Una-cin (not sure of that spelling) to heal it. I was also given steroid shots and a morphine drip while I was there for both the pain and swelling.
I am out now, and back to the working world, and I am on a liquid antibiotic called Augmentin (I think. I am at work, if that is wrong I will correct myself at home.) I was given Roxicet for the pain, but am not taking it.
My question is: I am having really bad tooth pain. I don't know if it is a side effect of the drug, or if it is because I was brushing my teeth with whatever they had at the hospital, or what? But when I bite down on something, there is a lot of pain. There is a little bit of sensitivity, but more pain when I bite on harder things (when I bite on anything, really) than anything else.
Has anyone ever heard of this?

Thanks much!!
Jon

[spongebobgamma]

Hi Jon,

Did they find out the cause of the infection in your neck? Maybe your tooth was infected first and spread to your neck.

It would be a good idea to go to the dentist to get it checked out.

Hope your feeling better..

[kovachjon]

Oh my gosh, I didn't think of that.
Ack! I wish I never posted this question!!!!!!!

They did not find the cause of the infection, but they said it was probably just some bacteria I picked up and my body was already weakened from a previous cold.
If my tooth was infected, wouldn't it hurt before my throat would?
Also, several teeth hurt, not just one.... so I am hoping that it's not an infection.
Besides, I brush and floss and use Plax in the morning and Listerine at night!!! COME ON TEETH!!!!

I hate the dentist.

Thanks for the help - I'll probably lose sleep now. Yeah. Thanks.

Seriously though, thanks!
Jon

[twizliz]

well if you're worried I would see the dr. Perhaps you had a staph infection that either came or went to your tooth (teeth)