It's the doctor or the mortician. YOU DECIDE who's scarier. (evil laugh) XD

try some numbing gel to get you by until you see the dentist...he will give you a RX for pain and antibiotic, that is what will ease the pain, getting the infection under control and the swelling r...

If you are on antibiotics you shouldnt have any swelling. Call your dentist and tell him that you are still haveing problems, he needs to have a look at your tooth or perscribe you some stronger...

It's gotten too big to mess with. Time for a sermatologist to check it out. You may still have the stinger in the wound, (not too likely by now).You have not told us where you live so I cannot...

Is defined as an abscess at the head of a bone, meaning like an infection pocket on the top part of a bone, symptoms include aching pain in the infected area swelling tenderness on movement

Most definitely, your sore throat and hoarse voice are probably from the infection. I'm surprised that your ears and face don't hurt as well. MVP should be treated before (and after) y...

I've had quite a few of these. The main thing is to get the infection out. They will sometimes lance it to drain it off sometimes they don't even do that... Just put you on an antibiot...

I can understand your fear, I had a root canal last year and my tooth has felt better ever since. The only other option that I know of is to get the tooth pulled out. The pain is not that bad whe...

To relieve the pain of an abscess and bring down the swelling, you need to enlist the aid of osmosis. Here's what you do. Get a glass or mug of hot water -- as hot as you can stand it in you...

After the tooth was initially drained, it is not usual to leave it open - this allows further bacteria inside. Instead, after the drainage had finished, an antibacterial dressing would have been mo...

Deep cavities allow germs to get into the pulp chamber. These germs cause infection, and the pulp dies. The pus from the infection eventually builds up at the root tip and makes a hole in the bone....

There are several reasons why you might have a swollen area in your armpit, and those can range from something as simple as inflammation from swollen lymph nodes, an ingrown hair, a boil/carbuncle ...

an abcess is an infection, which will spread into your blood stream and cause a secondary infection somewhere else, like your lungs, or brain, or heart. You should probably get it cleaned out soon....

Hi BadKitty, You really need to go back to the dentist and get this taken care of.It sounds like you have a fistula and that will never heal on it's own.The fistula is the result of an absc...

An abscess is a collection of pus collected in a cavity formed by the tissue on the basis of an infectious process (usually caused by bacteria or parasites) or other foreign materials (e.g. splinte...