Wisdom Teeth Removed 2 Days Ago - QUESTIONS ABOUT BODY ACHES!!?

I had all 4 my impacted wisdom teeth removed 2 days ago (I am 28 - doc said I should have had them done AGES ago). I'm not going to try sound tough with this one and am more than willing to admit that I am in incredible PAIN at the moment. I spend my days counting down the hours until I can take my next pain meds. As far as I'm concerned, I am doing everything "by the book" - no HOT food/drink, ice packs on the area, soft foods, lightly rinsing with antibacterial wash OFTEN and no sucking anything ( I even gave up smoking). The problem I'm having now though - is fever and body pains. This only started later yesterday. My muscles feel stiff and I can't move my neck. My ears and throat are sore and I have a slight temperature. My fiance has flu at the moment. My syptoms feel much like flu symptoms but I have also heard that the anasthetic can cause body aches. Do I have flu on top of all this or is this normal response to the operation %26amp; anasthetic???PLEASE HELP!!!

Wisdom Teeth Removed 2 Days Ago - QUESTIONS ABOUT BODY ACHES!!?
You need to get to the Dr right away, you have an infection. I had the same surgery and I got better every day, no fever, none of that
Reply:its a normal reaction


if it herts were they removed the teeth try rinsing with salt water
Reply:this is normal after any surgery, it is your body fighting off the effects of the anastesia. take a pain pill to help in this but dont wait for the 4 hours to pass before yo take another, you can take another 3 hours from the time you took the previous one.


get up and move around, and drink lots of clear fluids...


this will pass......
Reply:Get to the doctor immediately. It could be something else, but it sounds too much like infection to risk waiting any longer than you have to.
Reply:You're body is busy healing from your extractions. Meanwhile you're fiance's flu virus has probably invaded you. Are your extraction sites hurting or getting better? Since you have alot of work for your immune system to take care of, everything will heal slower and with risk of complications. Like everyone else told you, the doctor visit is required. The stress you felt leading up to your extractions probably helped lower your immune system to allow easier access for the flu. Don't avoid food if you have no appetite, you need the nutrients. Call your dentist or oral surgeon and you general doctor, they both may want to examine you. Sorry you're sick. Sounds miserable.
Reply:I just had 4 wisdom teeth removed through oral surgery. My bottom two were impacted (still under the gum) and the top two were through the gum. The dentists usually recommend that you have both the top and bottom wisdom teeth removed at the same time. If you have the bottom removed but leave the top the top wisdom teeth come in more because they don't have the lower ones to hit against when you close your mouth and the same goes for removing only the top ones. I'm 43 and my bottom impacted wisodom teeth started to push the gum up and the top wisdom teeth would dig into the gum when I closed my mouth, it was very painfull and got to the point that I could not eat normally or talk normally. Since the bottom were impacted it required oral surgery and I was asleep for the entire operation (about 40 minutes). It has now been 6 days and I can honestly say that the most pain I ever experienced in the whole ordeal was when they put the IV in my arm, and that was nothing more then a small bee-sting-type-pain. Since the operation I followed the post-op care instructions they gave me, and I took the pain medicine the dentist perscribed but no longer needed it after 4 days. Oh yea, the cost for removing all four wisdom teeth, the anesthesia, and everything else combined came to $1,500.00. I wish you well, and remember the whole ordeal probably seems much scarier than it will really be



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