Not attentive attitude to your teeth, as well as unwillingness to visit the dentist on time, sooner or later lead to the fact that untreated caries becomes the cause of the development of flux.
In modern medicine, this disease has its own name - it will re-post.
Flux: symptoms and causes
First of all, flux can be diagnosed by the occurrence of acute toothache. If you press on a bad tooth, the pain will begin to intensify. You can also observe swelling of the mucous membrane, lumps appear on the gum, which inside are filled with pus.
If a tooth in the upper jaw hurts, then the cheeks and lips begin to swell, and the eyelids become swollen. If the tooth is located on the lower jaw, then a swelling on the cheeks is possible, the lymph nodes will increase in size and begin to hurt.
The body will also respond to the development of infection, body temperature will rise, and malaise will be felt. In an adult, general symptoms are much more pronounced than in a small child.
In acute forms of flux, the gum swells severely, gradually swelling can go to the nasolabial fold and upper lip. If you do not take any measures, then the pus will spread between the muscles, capturing more and more areas of the face and neck. The neglected stage can lead to the patient dying. That is why it is impossible to joke with the disease, with the slightest symptoms of its manifestation, you should visit a medical institution.
The chronic form is much slower. It can be characterized by the fact that under the affected tooth the bone begins to thicken. Despite the slowness, the inflammatory process still continues to develop.
The main causes
The disease can develop in people at absolutely any age, and the causes that cause it are quite numerous. But you can still highlight the most common:
1. Caries - If you start the disease and do not start timely treatment, then in the end, flux may develop.
2. Injections - This is the most common option that occurs with improper hygiene. If the injection is incorrectly injected into the body, then harmful microbes that activate the inflammatory process and cause the appearance of flux will also get along with the medicine.
3. Gum pocket - food constantly gets into it, over time it accumulates, and there the inflammatory process begins. But in this case, the inflammatory process develops in the periosteum, and not in the root of the tooth.
4. Angina - when a person is ill with this disease, a lot of bacteria accumulate in the oral cavity, which gradually cause inflammation in the periosteum, respectively, and flux.
5. Fractures and injuries - oddly enough, but these factors can be flux provocateurs.
6. Damage to the mucous membrane - even a small wound can be a source of a focus of inflammation, which after a while will go into the deep tissues and develop a flux.
Despite the fact that there are many causes of the disease, the most common and basic, caries still remains. That is why in no case should you delay a visit to the dentist.
Flux: home treatment - medicines
Flux - treatment at home involves the use of drugs. Before taking anti-inflammatory drugs, you must always consult a doctor. Since only the specialist can prescribe the right remedy, after a thorough examination.
Of the tablets, Nimisil is often prescribed. The drug has a pronounced analgesic, as well as anti-inflammatory effect. A few days after the start of the drug, the swelling will become less.
In parallel with the previous medicine, diazolin may be prescribed. Thanks to it, severe swelling of the gums will decrease. Since the medicine has a small sleeping pill, it is recommended to take it only before bedtime.
If for several days you are tormented by postoperative pain, then you can take Diclofenac. This medicine includes an immediate analgesic and anti-inflammatory effect.
In order to prevent a large accumulation of pus and to prevent the spread of infection further, it is necessary to rinse the oral cavity with special medicines. The easiest way to do this is with baking soda. Pour 200 grams of warm water and dissolve one teaspoon of soda in it. Rinse your mouth at least six times a day, for several minutes. It is advisable to perform this procedure immediately after you eat. Since the remnants of food can get into the wound and accumulate there, thereby provoking the development of microbes. This method is not limited in application, it can be used until complete recovery.
To eliminate the swelling, the drug Rotokan is recommended. The basis of the drug includes healing herbs, which have a bright therapeutic effect. As a rule, this is tincture of calendula, yarrow and chamomile. In order to dilute the product, take one glass of water and add 5 ml of tincture to it. Rinse your mouth in the same way as with soda.
An important role is played by the use of antibiotics. If you start taking them in the early stages, then you can prevent the formation of purulent exudate. In the most difficult cases, doctors prescribe such drugs only after opening the focus of inflammation.
Levomekol ointment allows you to stretch pus from the gums. It can be used before the autopsy and immediately after it. Open the tube with grease, squeeze a little on the tip of your finger and anoint the wound.
Flux: treatment at home - folk remedies
Many, when a flux occurs, begin treatment at home, it is really possible to do this, but we must not forget that even after such treatment it is impossible to postpone visiting a dentist.
Be sure to remember that in no case can you warm the sore spot, this will lead to the fact that the infection will worsen. The use of various means helps to remove or reduce the inflammatory process.
The most effective folk remedies
Sage rinse
Pour freshly boiled water into a glass and add two tablespoons of sage to it, then put and let it brew for one hour, then strain. It is necessary to rinse the mouth with the obtained product once every two to three hours. Tincture before rinsing needs to be heated to a warm state.
Thyme
Take thyme and chop it well, separate two tablespoons of the herb and pour one glass of boiling water, let it brew for 30 minutes. Strain the tincture, and rinse your mouth several times a day.
Peppermint lotion
To prepare lotions, you need to take one teaspoon of sugar and salt, add half a teaspoon of black pepper to them. Thoroughly mix the mixture and type it in a tablespoon, add a few drops of rum there, you should get gruel. Light a candle and hold a spoon with the product over it so that it thickens. Put the resulting mass on a diseased tooth, hold until the pain subsides.
Collection of herbs with analgesic effect
To prepare the collection, take 4 tablespoons of St. John's wort, three tablespoons of sage and two tablespoons of oak bark, mix everything. Separate a tablespoon from the collection and fill it with a glass of boiling water. After the tincture has cooled slightly, rinse her mouth, and carry out the procedure several times a day.
Rusty nail with honey
Take a rusty nail, hold it over a fire until it glows, then dip it in a cup of linden honey. Wait for the nail to cool, collect the scale on the cotton wool and lay on the sore gum. Hold until the pain goes away.
Green tea with salt
Brew green tea, pour a teaspoon of tea into a glass of water. Instead of sugar, add one teaspoon of salt. But tea does not need to be drunk, rinse their mouth once an hour. After some time, the pain will begin to subside.
Blue clay
Take a small piece of blue clay and wrap it in gauze. Carefully attach to the gum sore, for the first few minutes it may seem that the pain has become stronger, but after 10-20 minutes it will subside, the edema will become much less.
Treatment of flux at home with folk remedies allows you to relieve pain and inflammation only for a while. But at the same time, the main reason for the occurrence of flux will not be eliminated. That is why, even if everything became good, and the disease receded, do not delay a visit to the dentist.
Flux: treatment at home - when to run to the doctor?
Once again, it is worth saying that the treatment of flux at home is not very effective. Any folk prescription will give a minimum of result, and if the disease is at an acute stage of development, then all the measures taken at home will be simply useless. Contact your dentist as soon as possible. Every day the pain can become stronger, and puffiness will cover more and more areas.
Medicinal herbs can really give an effect, but only if the pain is weak and the swelling is barely noticeable.
Almost always, flux occurs because the patient did not seek help on time, did not follow the state of his body. The likelihood that you will be able to independently notice the disease at an early stage is not so high. Therefore, as soon as possible you need to make an appointment with the dentist. Even if you are told that the queue is large, be sure to inform that you have a flux, since all patients with acute diseases are taken out of turn.
Take care of your health, observe the rules of personal hygiene, at least once every few months, see a doctor for a routine examination.
