Gum-boil.
- RUDDOCK.E.H,
DEFINITION. - A small Abscess commencing in the socket of a tooth, and bursting through the gums or even through the cheek.
CAUSES. - Usually, the irritation from a decayed tooth. A cold may excite Inflammation of the dental periosteum, the morbid products of which are thus discharged.
SYMPTOMS. - Pain in a tooth, spreading over a portion of the jaw, with heat, throbbing, swelling, and the formation of an Abscess. This may heal by resolution; or it may burst into the mouth, or even percolate the cheek. The sufferings are sometimes great, worse at night, and incessant till swelling has taken place, when it usually abates. There is frequently some febrile disturbance.
TREATMENT. - Mercurius. - Constant aching, much Salivation, swelling of the gum, and throbbing. Persons who are liable to Gum-boils should continue the use of this remedy as a preventive twice a day for a week or two.
Aconitum. - In alternation with Merc. for feverishness. Prescribed early, Acon. often checks the disease at the onset.
Belladonna. - Throbbing Headache, flushed face, and sensitiveness to noise, light, etc. Two or three doses may suffice.
Phosphorus. - An excellent remedy for Decay of the teeth of the lower jaw, and when Gum-boils form therefrom.
Hep.-S. - When the swelling softens and throbs (signs that matter is forming); Sil. when it has burst. Silicea is antagonistic to Mercury, and should not be given after it.
Sulphur. - Gum-boils only partially cured by the above remedies; also when they become chronic.
ACCESSORY TREATMENT. - The application of a roasted fig, as hot can be borne, to the inflamed gum, will speedily give relief. If the swelling be very extensive, and there are signs of the Abscess coming through the cheek, a poultice of linseed-meal should be applied till suppuration is established, and continued for a short time afterwards. Prompt relief may be obtained by lancing the swelling as soon as its existence is ascertained, and this should be done. Extraction of the decayed tooth is often necessary.
DEFINITION. - A small Abscess commencing in the socket of a tooth, and bursting through the gums or even through the cheek.
CAUSES. - Usually, the irritation from a decayed tooth. A cold may excite Inflammation of the dental periosteum, the morbid products of which are thus discharged.
SYMPTOMS. - Pain in a tooth, spreading over a portion of the jaw, with heat, throbbing, swelling, and the formation of an Abscess. This may heal by resolution; or it may burst into the mouth, or even percolate the cheek. The sufferings are sometimes great, worse at night, and incessant till swelling has taken place, when it usually abates. There is frequently some febrile disturbance.
TREATMENT. - Mercurius. - Constant aching, much Salivation, swelling of the gum, and throbbing. Persons who are liable to Gum-boils should continue the use of this remedy as a preventive twice a day for a week or two.
Aconitum. - In alternation with Merc. for feverishness. Prescribed early, Acon. often checks the disease at the onset.
Belladonna. - Throbbing Headache, flushed face, and sensitiveness to noise, light, etc. Two or three doses may suffice.
Phosphorus. - An excellent remedy for Decay of the teeth of the lower jaw, and when Gum-boils form therefrom.
Hep.-S. - When the swelling softens and throbs (signs that matter is forming); Sil. when it has burst. Silicea is antagonistic to Mercury, and should not be given after it.
Sulphur. - Gum-boils only partially cured by the above remedies; also when they become chronic.
ACCESSORY TREATMENT. - The application of a roasted fig, as hot can be borne, to the inflamed gum, will speedily give relief. If the swelling be very extensive, and there are signs of the Abscess coming through the cheek, a poultice of linseed-meal should be applied till suppuration is established, and continued for a short time afterwards. Prompt relief may be obtained by lancing the swelling as soon as its existence is ascertained, and this should be done. Extraction of the decayed tooth is often necessary.
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