Sinus headache and toothache..Doctor or Dentist?

I had a (24 hour) stomach sickness last week that somehow turned into allergies/cold. I don't know which. I thought I was getting better...Started draining with the over the counter meds and now I have a horrid headache behind my right eye, a sore throat ..sometimes earache and a PAINFUL upper molar tooth! I wanted to tough it out to see if it passes but it's 2am and I'm up and miserable.





If anyone is reading this and has a clue, do you recommend I try for a walk in doctor at the clinic tomorrow or an emergency dental exam?





Thanks in advance... :(

Sinus headache and toothache..Doctor or Dentist?
it seems like a sinusitis. u must visit a doc tomarrow. but for now drink some warm tea or smt.(not hot). a paracetamol can make u feel better too.
Reply:Well, I'm not a doctor, sounds like a virus, but pain %26amp; draining could be caused by inflammation, which means the body's like on fire. If you go to your grocer's spice rack, look for a bottle of a spice called TURMERIC.





Buy it. Take it home %26amp; 1st try 1 slightly heaping teaspoon of it in your mouth (under your tongue) with a lukewarm lemon-water "chaser".





Drink at least 1 mug full of this water.


Not too much lemon if you don't like it.


Just about 1/2 or 1 level teaspoon of it so the water gets absorbed faster %26amp; better.


This beats inflammation. If you don't feel better in an hour, take another one just like before.





You can't overdose with this as it's a food (a spice).


Just don't take 1/2 a bottle in 1 day or anything.





Then lie down %26amp; relax completely.


Close your eyes %26amp; breath in FULLLY through your nose,


hold it one or 2 seconds, then


VERY SLOWLY exhale through your mouth.


This slows everything down a bit.


It should take you about 50% longer to EXhale than it did


to INhale. Try it maybe 1/2 a dozen or a dozen times %26amp; try to sleep.





If you still have it tomorrow, buy a bottle of the strongest "colloidal silver" you can at a health food store %26amp; take a tablespoon of it, holding it under your tongue for 1 full minute before drinking it. And do it every 1/2 hour for about 1-3 hours to make it kill as many germs/pathogens your body may have.


Also, with the dropper, drip a drop or 2 into your ear


(no it can't hurt you; it's the world's 1st antibiotic, %26amp; natural).


It'll kill any ear infection too. Lay down with the good ear on the bed %26amp; try to stay that way a while so the silver attacks the germs in your bad ear. You can re-do it again in a few hours if you want; it can't harm the ear.





You can drip some ON your molar repeatedly %26amp; rub it into the gum there. Or saturate a small cotton wad with silver %26amp; apply it to the painful molar's surrounding tissue so it soaks in.





If all continues by tomorrow noon, call your dentist for an emergency dental visit or just go %26amp; sit there til she/he sees you.


Pain is your body telling you something's wrong, so try not to take DRUGS which may mask the communication your body is giving you.
Reply:hmmm, sounds like you could have the start of a severe sinus infection/ complicated by a toothache.





I think you need to do both, go to the dr and get a antibiotic, because either waysinus infection or tooth infection, they are gonna have to get rid of it before they can treat you..





I think that you should go to the dentist, also to be honest-- that could be the reason why you had a sickness last week, but has just gotten to the point of severe pain....





An example as to why i say this is:


i once had an earache - went to the Dr and he referred me to a Dentist - found out it was my wisdom teeth - I was then sent to an oral surgeon and had them removed.





You have done enough trying to cure this on your own... do not tough it out anymore and get to the DR's ( dr and dentist!)





sorry you are so miserable... I have empathy for you!
Reply:Thats rough, I'm sorry you're dealing with it. Sinus problems can cause teeth pain, can an ear infection. Your symptoms sound like it could be either or both.





If you know the tooth is unrelated and will need to be pulled or filled realize that its best to not have other infections when going in for dental work.





I'd try by going to the walk-in clinic and seeing if there's something they can do for your symptoms first. This might clear up the toothache as well, and you'll get in a lot quicker then at the dentist. Just know the walk-in clinic wont do anything to address any teeth issues, they'll tell you to see your dentist. Heck, if its that bad, maybe go see both!





Feel better!
Reply:I second everyone else's recommendation. Go to the doctor first for a checkup and antibiotics, then the dentist to get the tooth probably pulled, but definitely do go to both and don't let the tooth fester.

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