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Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...

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e4shannon 01/07/2009

I went to the dentist yesterday and have an abcess tooth. Yesterday the swelling was not bad but today its swollen and hurts. I am afraid now of the infection going into my blood stream and killing me. I have been on the antibotics 24 hours shouldn't they start working by now...

I am afraid to go to sleep thinking I will wake up and my whole face will be even more swollen

Can anyone relate

deleted_user 01/07/2009

Actually in most cases when taking an antibiotic it takes about 48 hours before you see results. It doesn't mean it isn't working but that is how long it takes to really get in the bloodstream and begins to show signs of improvement.

Also I have had many abcess's and sometimes the swelling does not go down for about a week depending on how bad he infection was. Usually an antibiotic does not reduce the inflammation so I take either what the dentist prescribed me for pain or else IBU.

Also applying an ice pack on the cheek for about 20 minutes helps a lot with the swelling. Anyway it is perfectly normal for the swelling to last up to a week so hang in there and I hope you feel better very soon those darn things are painful:)

deleted_user 01/07/2009

It should start working shortly. I know it can't come soon enough. Please try not to worry too much about it. Hope you get to feeling better.

deleted_user 01/07/2009

I had a few absessed teeth.

One didn't hurt until a few hours before I had a root canal.

One morning I woke up with a swollen cheek. When the endodontist got in there, he found red hot nerves. When he started digging around cleaning out the roots, he couldn't give me enough anesthetic to keep me calm.

One gave me excrutiating pain that wouldn't let up or respond to anti-inflammatory pain relievers. I was at the office when it opened the next morning for an emergency extraction.

I never had time to take antibiotics for an absessed tooth. It must help. I understand that antibiotics can take a couple days or so to kick in. Hang in there and rest up. Are you doing anything to reduce the inflammation? Listen to some soothing music.

Best wishes

deleted_user 01/07/2009

As others have stated it will take a couple days for the antibiotics to kick in and you will actually probably start feeling better before the full dose, but make sure you take them as directed. Sorry your experiencing this. I can somewhat relate. One of the lymph nodes under my chin kept swelling and it was painful. Turns out I had an infection that needed to be taken care of. It freaked me out when I found out, but all is OK now.

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