Toothache causing facial swelling? This will reduce swelling quickly!

In real life, toothache is a common oral disease, and excessive toothache can easily cause swollen gums and inability to eat normally. At the same time, it will also cause swelling of the face, which not only affects the appearance, but also the facial muscles will be prone to pain, which greatly affects normal life. The swelling of the face caused by toothache can be reduced by physical methods. You can apply ice packs on the face. Because ice is very cold, it can effectively improve the swelling of the face and effectively relieve the symptoms of toothache. You can also eat more light foods to reduce heat in your diet.

How to reduce facial swelling due to toothache

If toothache causes facial swelling, if you want to reduce the swelling, you can use some physical therapy, that is, prepare an ice pack and put the ice pack on the most painful place. It can relieve the pain caused by toothache and eliminate facial swelling at the same time without any side effects.

Drug treatment

If a toothache causes a swollen face, it must be because the toothache was not treated in time and caused inflammation. Therefore, if you want to reduce the swelling, you must first treat the inflammation. You can take some anti-inflammatory drugs, but you must pay attention to the amount and not overdose, otherwise it will not be good for your body.

Daily care

For patients with facial swelling caused by toothache, they must pay special attention to their oral hygiene in daily life. Remember to brush your teeth in the morning and evening. Do not use too cold water when brushing your teeth. You can use some warm water and put a little salt in the water to achieve an anti-inflammatory effect.

Causes of toothache

1. Tooth and pulp lesions. As the caries develops to a deeper level, there will be irritation pain caused by cold, heat, etc. If it is not treated at this time, it will further develop into pulpitis and cause spontaneous pain. If you do not go to the hospital for treatment at this level, you will not be able to sleep at night due to the pain! After the acute inflammation period, the pain symptoms will be alleviated until they disappear, but don’t think that the inflammation will disappear. In fact, the inflammation not only erodes the pulp in the tooth but also develops to the periodontal tissue. The inflammation penetrates into the alveolar bone and causes alveolar bone absorption, reaches the gums to form fistulas, and white pus flows out from them. At this time, you should go to the hospital for more complex treatment, otherwise, the tooth must be extracted.

2. Caused by periodontal disease. Common causes include gingivitis and pericoronitis caused by food impaction. In this case, you only need to clean out the impacted food and apply anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and gum soothing medications.

The harm of toothache

It has been confirmed by many medical research institutes at home and abroad that untreated dental diseases endanger heart health. Research in recent years has also found that pneumonia in the elderly is closely related to various dental diseases. Because a large number of bacteria in the mouth can be inhaled into the lungs, causing pneumonia. Therefore, oral hygiene is a preventive measure that cannot be ignored but is not difficult to implement for preventing pneumonia in the elderly.

In addition, if a pregnant woman has oral inflammation, even gingivitis, the bacteria that cause gingivitis may enter the blood, pass through the placenta, infect the fetus and cause premature birth. The University of North Carolina in the United States once conducted an investigation on the relationship between premature babies and their mothers' oral diseases. They found antibodies corresponding to the bacteria in their mothers' mouths in some premature babies, confirming that some premature births are related to their mothers' periodontal disease. In industrialized countries, two-thirds of infant deaths are caused by premature births, and 18% of premature births may be related to the mother's oral disease. Therefore, pregnant women should brush their teeth with a soft-bristled toothbrush in the morning and evening and after meals to maintain oral hygiene during pregnancy. This can not only clean and protect teeth, but is also one of the important measures to protect the fetus.