I have had dental work from Jan - June 07. I was told about a draining abcess 5 months ago. I don't know how long infection was present. Have been sick on/off with food poisenting type symptons. I went to the Er and was treated and released. Blood culture returned positive for blood infection. 48 hours later hospital calls me to return. More blood cultures taken. Echocardiogram was taken and I was admitted with notes of mitro valve prolapse and possible Bacterial Endocarditis. Vancomyicin was given with reaction and stopped, then gentomycin was given. Lastly Nafcillin was given, but I also had a reaction. I was taken off IV. The hospital misplaced the echocardigram for 5 days. By the time the new blood cultures and IV are repeated then reads negative. After 8 days and a negative reading the insurance co boots me out. Priliminary yesterday says no vegitation. I am waiting for the final report. I still don't feel well.
2007-10-16 17:35:00 · 5 answers · asked by brunettenxtdoor 2 in Health ➔ Dental
MaMa30 - Yes it is important folks realize the seriousness of not immedicatly extracting abscess teeth. No I was not aware that I had MVP. However I do take antibiotics before dental work anyway because of a blood pressure issue and still ened up with this. The abscess tooth had no feeling because of a previous root canal, so I decided to Unfortunatly work on 2 other teeth that had pain. I know better now!
2007-10-20 08:23:27 · update #1
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2007-10-17 22:43:21 · answer #1 · answered by Dr James 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-23 19:49:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a dentist.
I just love it how no one wants to field the tough questions.
Previously, the American Heart Association (AHA) recommended antibiotic prophylaxis (i.e. "premedication") for certain dental procedures on patients with certain heart defects--such as mitral-valve prolapse--to prevent a condition known as Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis (SBE).
Recently, the AHA changed its guidlines, stating that mitral valve prolapse was no longer an indication for antibiotic prophylaxis.
Dentists, including yours truly, follow these guidlines carefully. In fact, most dentists are hypervigilent where our patients' hearts are concerned.
As far as SBE is concerned, the AHA's rationale for prophylaxis was this: Certain dental procedures can introduce oral bacteria into the blood. Presence of bacteria in blood is known as bacteremia. Turbulent blood flow within the heart, caused by a prolapsing valve, could allow bacteria to adhere to and populate the endocardium lining the heart valves, thus creating vegetations that can destroy the valve's function.
It is important to note that bacteremia need not be caused by your dental work. Simply having a long-standing infection (especially one composed of oral bacteria) can produce such a bacteremic state.
Either way, you should consider yourself lucky that (seemingly) there are no vegetations on your valves.
2007-10-17 03:25:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I just want to make a comment and thank you for your posting.
I think people should take dental absess seriously. I see alot of questions posted here with people inquiring about dental absess and wanting to resolve it on their own. I hope they read your question. I'm sorry to hear that you are having such a hard time. It will take time for your body to recover but it wouldn't hurt to check with you general practitioner just to make sure.
Just curious, did you know you have MVP (mitral valve prolaspe)?
2007-10-18 16:44:40 · answer #4 · answered by mama30 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-06-29 20:32:14 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋