Well what an exciting day I have had today - not!!
Poor old hubby has had raging tooth ache for the last 3 days and despite a visit to the dentist on Thursday who told him there is nothing wrong with his tooth, he said it would settle down in a couple of days, then a visit to the doctor yesterday who gave him anti inflammatories and told him to put olive oil in his ears as there is some wax to come out, he had no sleep last night so another visit followed to the dentist today as he said the pain is worse than anything he has experienced before. His face is now swollen and he is having difficulty talking and the dentist still maintains there is no problem with the tooth, he said he may have an infection of the gum, and he has prescribed antibiotics. So he has been taking the anti inflammatories given to him by the doctor, his antibiotics given to him by the dentist, but as they have not taken off the pain he has also been taking my very strong pain killers which I have on prescription for my back. I know it is not a good thing to take other peoples prescribed medication but he was desperate and nobody seems to know the definate cause, or what to do to aleviate the pain. Even taking all these medications he still has the pain and does not know what to do with himself. The phrase "moaning for England" comes to mind but that is meant to be humerous, not that there is anything humerous about this situation, far from it. It is unusual to see him give in to things like this, so it must be hurting a lot.
I have been looking on the internet, perhaps not the best idea as you can tend to frighten yourself, and I am wondering if neuralgia fits the bill. Inflammation of a nerve, the symptoms for the type of neuralgia which affects the face seems to fit all the symptoms as he is describing them to me. The problem is,you can hardly go into a doctors surgery and say "I think I have neuralgia," in my experience Doctors do not like to be told the diagnosis from a patient, they like to make that decision of their own accord, and then ofcourse I could be wrong, and probably am, after all I have had no medical training and I am certainly not a doctor. Ofcourse it could be a case of an incompetent dentist, who should have diagnosed an infection or absess 3 days ago and prescribed antibiotics accordingly and as he did not do so the infection has well and truly taken hold. We just don`t know what to think. The xray he had at the dentist on Thursday apparently showed no problem but his face is swollen now, he says he can pinpoint which tooth is hurting so much, so perhaps it is a case that the infection or absess has taken too much of a hold and will take some beating. I hope to God there is some improvement really soon.