Hi,
Please, can anyone explain to me what is a gumboil, how does it look and most important: in what
does it differ from an ABSCESS in the gum or tooth?
Thanks
Rafy
Dear Rafy,
I know you could have found this in a Google search as i did --- but here it is anyway from Dr.
Lockie's site
Best
Robyn
http://www.drlockie.com/disease/tooth.htm
Tooth abscess
Pus-filled cavity in root of decaying or dead tooth, formed as bacteria infect and destroy pulp
and produce toxins; tooth very tender when tapped, painful to chew on, with a persistent ache or
throb, and pain sometimes radiating along side of nose or across other teeth; if left untreated, pus
seeps out through root, erodes a canal through adjacent bone, and causes a gumboil, a painful
swelling on the gum. Up to this point, toxins are sealed off from rest of body, but if gumboil
bursts, releasing foul-tasting pus into mouth and relieving pain, there may be Fever and the lymph
glands in neck and face may swell in an effort to neutralise the toxins before they get into general
circulation and cause Septicaemia. Because of risk of blood poisoning, consult your doctor if there
is no improvement in 12 hours if a gumboil bursts, or if abscess seems to be enlarging rapidly;
antibiotics may be prescribed to prevent infection spreading.
Standard treatment of a tooth abscess is to drain pus and then disinfect and fill tooth, or remove
tip of root (an apicectomy) if it cannot be disinfected, or take the tooth out.
Specific remedies to be taken every hour for up to 10 doses while waiting for dental treatment
a.. Copious saliva, spongy gums Mercurius 30c
b.. First hint of an abscess, tooth and surrounding gum feel hot, mouth dry Belladonna 30c
c.. Gumboil well developed and very painful, pain aggravated by both hot and cold things in
mouth Silicea 30c
d.. Gumboils starts to discharge pus Gunpowder 30c
Self-help: Wash mouth every 4 hours with a solution of Hypericum and Calendula (5 drops of mother
tincture of each to 0.25 litre [1/2 pint warm water)
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