A YOUNG woman is lucky to be alive after a tooth infection blocked her airways and put her into a coma. Caitlin Alsop, from Gold Coast in Australia, suddenly developed a mysterious face rash and flu-like symptoms. The 24-year-old’s throat and tongue also began to swell which cut off her airways. Caitlin was rushed to hospital where doctors realised she was having an allergic reaction and jabbed her with an adrenaline shot.LUCKY TO BE ALIVE Her blood pressure began to drop and medics were forced to place her into an induced coma for nine days. Caitlin said on Facebook: “My 3 symptoms that no GP could detect? A burnt tongue feeling that night, red rash on my face and sleeping constantly. She told the Courier Mail: “Mum was told to prepare for the worst, and the family all came to see me.” After a battery of tests doctors discovered she was suffering from a rare life-threatening oral infection called Ludwig’s Angina. The infection quickly spread and affected … [Read more...] about Woman, 24, almost dies from a tooth infection after throat swells shut and she’s left in coma
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Truck Driver Dies After Being Hospitalized For Tooth Infection That Spread Through Body
A California woman is mourning the death of her husband after an unexpected death – following a tooth infection. Twenty-six-year-old Vadim Kondratyuk was suffering from the bothersome tooth when he left his home near Sacramento on Jan. 17 to begin a truck driving job that would take him to New York. On his return home – with his brother along for the ride after Kondratyuk said he couldn’t make the trip alone – the pain was too much to handle and the two stopped at a hospital in Utah. Doctors said the infection spread to his blood and lungs, killing the father of two days later. Updated 15-Year-Old Killed in Shooting in NW Miami-Dade "Nobody ever thought that something from a tooth can happen so big and go everywhere,” said his widow, Nataliya. “It's going to be hard with both my kids without a husband. Half of me is just taken away." Tooth infections can cause serious illness if not treated. Doctors say infections can be prevented by … [Read more...] about Truck Driver Dies After Being Hospitalized For Tooth Infection That Spread Through Body
Doctors remove tooth from man’s nostril after two years of nasal congestion
News / UK and world by Press Association February 28, 2019, 12:45 pm Send us a story Sign up to our Daily newsletter A man has undergone surgery to remove a tooth from inside his nostril, after suffering with an unexplained blocked nose for two years. Doctors in Denmark were astonished to find the rare condition in a 59-year-old man, who had complained of nasal congestion problems, discharge and loss of his sense of smell. The individual experienced a facial trauma when he was young which resulted in a fracture to his jaw and nose, but doctors said there was no evidence to suggest repositioning following the incident was connected to the nasal growth condition. “Our patient most likely had the intranasal retained tooth most of his life, but had late onset of symptoms,” wrote Dr Milos Fuglsang in BMJ Case Reports, who carried out the tooth extraction at University Hospital Aarhus’s ear, nose and throat facility. Following a CT scan, … [Read more...] about Doctors remove tooth from man’s nostril after two years of nasal congestion
65 more families file lawsuit against Anaheim dental clinic on behalf of infected children
By Deepa Bharath | [email protected] | Orange County RegisterPUBLISHED: January 16, 2019 at 6:11 pm | UPDATED: January 17, 2019 at 8:40 am IRVINE — Sixty-five families whose children were infected by rare bacteria when they underwent pulpotomies, or “baby root canals,” at an Anaheim clinic two years ago filed a lawsuit Wednesday, Jan. 16, naming the clinic, its operators, the company that installs and maintains water filtration systems, and several dentists. The lawsuit, which was filed in Orange County Superior Court in Santa Ana, alleges that Children’s Dental Group and dentists who provided services there performed hundreds if not thousands of unnecessary pulpotomies on children. Potentially deadly Mycobacterium abscessus was found in several samples the county’s Health Care Agency took from the clinic’s water system. The children, ages 3 to 9, all underwent pulpotomies at the clinic between April and July 2016. In all, 500 children underwent the … [Read more...] about 65 more families file lawsuit against Anaheim dental clinic on behalf of infected children
Dental painkillers may put young people at risk, study shows
Ronnie Cohen, The Washington Post Published 8:13 am PST, Monday, December 3, 2018 Dentists who prescribe opioid painkillers to teenagers and young adults after pulling their wisdom teeth may be putting their patients at risk of addiction, a new study finds. The study, published in JAMA Internal Medicine Monday, shines a light on the largely overlooked role dental prescriptions play in an epidemic of addiction that has swept the United States, leading to a record 70,237 drug overdose deaths in 2017. "Given the gravity of the opioid epidemic, the degree of persistent use and abuse we observed in adolescents and young adults, especially females, is alarming," said researcher Alan Schroeder, a pediatrician and professor at Stanford University School of Medicine. "Our findings should trigger heightened scrutiny over the frequency of prescribing dental opioids." Adolescents and young adults often are introduced to highly addictive opioid painkillers when they have their third … [Read more...] about Dental painkillers may put young people at risk, study shows