Four teeth pulled 7 days ago, feeling extremely rundown, what should I do?!
Question: I had 4 teeth pulled a week ago. 3 wisdom and 1 other tooth. I have been able to verify that it is not a dry socket. I am feeling extremely rundown even with the pain meds given to me. I also have a stiff neck and pain in my jaw. I have a bad taste in my mouth and have since they first pulled them. What should I do?
Answers: I had 4 teeth pulled a week ago. 3 wisdom and 1 other tooth. I have been able to verify that it is not a dry socket. I am feeling extremely rundown even with the pain meds given to me. I also have a stiff neck and pain in my jaw. I have a bad taste in my mouth and have since they first pulled them. What should I do?
You should probably go to the doctor or dentist. You might have an infection in your mouth which can cause pain in your jaw and neck. If it is an infection, you will need medication for sure, because they can sometimes be fatal.
ihad three teeth pulled on friday and i have stitches in my mouth and still in a little pain if you have pain medicine crush them up instead of taking whole and they will get into your system faster hope u begin to feel better
your going to have pain in your jaw and neck post operatively after getting wisdom teeth out its the norm.
As for the bad taste try rinsing the area with corsodyl mouthwash this will help clean the wounds alternatively you could use salt and hot water.
give it time all will heal you have to allow your body to heal having teeth out is a form of surgery and you had 4 teeth removed 3 of which were wisys so well done you.
Chances are you not eating. This would cause you to feel extremely run down. Try sipping some vegetable juices, and smoothies with protein until it heals.
Eat more
Sleep more
Take multivitamins
Call up your dentist and see if they have any other suggestions or concerns, but honestly it sounds fairly normal to me.
Are you on pain meds stronger than ibuprofen? T3's and the like can often make people tired or kind of stupid in the head especially if they aren't used to them or haven't taken them previously.
I had a bad taste in my mouth in the mornings til, oh, 9 days after my 2 wisdom teeth got pulled. Your gum is probably still weeping some blood, and for some reason gum-blood tastes awfully nasty to me (like almost rotten meat), yet some seepage at this point isn't unheard of either.
Try doing salt water rinses every few hours, fairly strong on the salt and rinse after with clean water, to promote healing and harden up the gum a bit.