What should I do if my gums are swollen, painful and festering? How to care?

Swollen and painful gums are a symptom, and may also be accompanied by symptoms of suppuration. Many people want to know what to do if their gums are swollen and painful and suppurating. In this case, oral hygiene is very important, and the treatment methods for different types of toothaches are also significantly different.

1. If it is a toothache caused by wind and fire, the main symptoms are: red and swollen gums, swollen and painful lymph nodes, excruciating pain in the tooth roots, and the teeth cannot be touched. This pain is greater than the toothache caused by tooth decay and periodontitis, and is accompanied by thick yellow tongue coating, bitter taste in the mouth, fever, constipation or difficulty in defecation. Treatment method for toothache caused by wind and fire: Use biological therapy tooth gold and bezoar detoxification tablets, etc. Biological therapy tooth gold can solve the problem of local gingival inflammation, and bezoar detoxification tablets can solve the root cause of inflammation.

2. If it is oral inflammation such as gingivitis and periodontitis. Treatment method: Pay attention to oral hygiene, develop the habit of brushing your teeth in the morning and evening, and rinsing your mouth after meals. Each time you brush your teeth, the time should be more than 3 minutes. Or you can ask your dentist to use cleaning therapy to remove tartar, and then take vitamin C, vitamin B2, etc., which can effectively eliminate gingivitis.

3. If it is caused by getting angry, you can just reduce the heat at this time by taking some heat-removing medicines, such as Qinghuojiedu Pills, Niuhuangjiedu Pills, Chrysanthemum Tea, etc.

4. If it is caused by pulpitis combined with gingivitis. At this time, active intravenous anti-inflammatory treatment is needed, such as penicillin skin test, metronidazole infusion, etc. In addition, rinse your mouth with mouthwash (metronidazole), do not eat spicy food, and remove the diseased teeth in time after the inflammation is controlled.

5. If it is a sign of infection (such as swelling and suppuration), antibiotics and painkillers are needed. In addition, you should avoid eating spicy food and use mouthwash to rinse your mouth, either hydrogen peroxide or light salt water, and then go directly to the hospital and ask the doctor to help.