To pull or not to pull: a question of possible tooth infection

Here is something else to consider as far as discovery of a cause for PTS starting- maybe, and I stress maybe, since I can’t find anything out there that alludes to what I am going to say. And that is, what about your teeth?

OK, I have to admit I have not been particularly tuned in as far as my teeth have gone for a few years anyway. It is for any one of the common issues; no time to see a dentist regularly because other health issues take precedence, no insurance or too little insurance to do any good, no job or other income to defray the possibly huge expense, or you just do not see anything up there that is amiss and there is no pain. Well, I guess you can have things going on even if you have no visual or pain related clues. And some of that should be dealt with insurance or not. OK, and now I see there are low cost clinics out there I didn’t not know about so there is really no reason to put off that visit.

So, as it went, I had some infection in the root of a tooth. Is this enough to cause a bout of PTS or any other autoimmune disorder? My hygienists and dentist suggest it could. But the only thing I can find out there about this sort of a link goes the other way. Namely, talk of autoimmune disease causing dental problems. Go figure. Infection is infection, and if it is noticed by your autoimmune system, it might just never turn off until that source of infection is removed. That is the theory anyway to lead to removal of that tooth. One issue I take with my own case is that my dentist did not give me any antibiotics to help kick the infection. He suggests that with the tooth gone, the source of infection will be gone and therefore the reason for the autoimmune system response. I wish he had opted for antibiotics anyway. I feel I have been flooded with infection now and I hope he is right about not paying any attention to that. We will see. Or I should say I will see since I do not see him here anywhere. I feel as if I have been hit by a truck, and it can’t all be due to trauma of having a tooth pulled.

I will let you know if any of my other symptoms improve now that the infection source is gone and has been dealt with.