Mendel
Vanessa's Drinking Buddy
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So I probably didnt talk about this to most people here yet so I just wanted to raise awareness now that I feel like I made it through my experience after all.
So I went to dentist to get a wisdom tooth removed, I had had 2 of them removed previously with no issues whatsoever and now was time for the third one cause it was aching. At the time the fourth and remaining one was giving me no pain whatsoever. So the dentist asks me if I want to also get the final one removed at the same time. That would require small surgery. So I was like okay lets get that done as well even though that has not been a problem.
Now this I think was a mistake. I am now thinking: if it is not absolutely necessary, do not get into any surgery!
Why? Well itｴs a risk of infection, thatｴs why. The dentist didnt give me any antibiotics because giving antibiotics to everyone makes bacteria resistant to antibiotics eventually.
What happened to me then is that next day my cheek had major swelling. I called the dentist and they said I should come get it checked next morning.
So, the next morning the dentist tells me to get to an actual hospital asap to get antibiotics as the infection had started to spread from my cheek to my throat and chest area.
I still got to hospital expecting they would give me some recipe and send me back home but nope. They started to give me heavy hitter antibiotics straight from IV tubes and I was to stay in the hospital for several days. I even had a ct scan taken and they were considering following up with another operation.
on the next day after getting to hospital I was most scared cause I had had 3 doses of 2 different antibiotics each and the infection was still spreading down my chest and there was worries about my throat if I would be able to keep breathing because of the swelling... on the next evening and morning however it became clear that the antibiotics were kicking in and infection area was getting smaller.
Hereｴs the thing though, more and more bacteria are getting more and more resistant to antibiotics. if the antibiotics had not worked, I would have been in big trouble. Any small surgery is a risk of infection. even small dental surgery. (I had 5 stiches in my mouth). So, do think twice about having any less necessary surgery! There are many bacterias resistant to most antibiotics!
And I did not expect going to dentist would mean I would be at hospital having antibiotics from IV tubes for several days and myself looking like two-face for a month.
So I went to dentist to get a wisdom tooth removed, I had had 2 of them removed previously with no issues whatsoever and now was time for the third one cause it was aching. At the time the fourth and remaining one was giving me no pain whatsoever. So the dentist asks me if I want to also get the final one removed at the same time. That would require small surgery. So I was like okay lets get that done as well even though that has not been a problem.
Now this I think was a mistake. I am now thinking: if it is not absolutely necessary, do not get into any surgery!
Why? Well itｴs a risk of infection, thatｴs why. The dentist didnt give me any antibiotics because giving antibiotics to everyone makes bacteria resistant to antibiotics eventually.
What happened to me then is that next day my cheek had major swelling. I called the dentist and they said I should come get it checked next morning.
So, the next morning the dentist tells me to get to an actual hospital asap to get antibiotics as the infection had started to spread from my cheek to my throat and chest area.
I still got to hospital expecting they would give me some recipe and send me back home but nope. They started to give me heavy hitter antibiotics straight from IV tubes and I was to stay in the hospital for several days. I even had a ct scan taken and they were considering following up with another operation.
on the next day after getting to hospital I was most scared cause I had had 3 doses of 2 different antibiotics each and the infection was still spreading down my chest and there was worries about my throat if I would be able to keep breathing because of the swelling... on the next evening and morning however it became clear that the antibiotics were kicking in and infection area was getting smaller.
Hereｴs the thing though, more and more bacteria are getting more and more resistant to antibiotics. if the antibiotics had not worked, I would have been in big trouble. Any small surgery is a risk of infection. even small dental surgery. (I had 5 stiches in my mouth). So, do think twice about having any less necessary surgery! There are many bacterias resistant to most antibiotics!
And I did not expect going to dentist would mean I would be at hospital having antibiotics from IV tubes for several days and myself looking like two-face for a month.
