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Mel Pegg wrote:
> I have just had one of my wisdom teeth taken out and after the bone
> having to be drilled and stitches, my dentist has prescribed me with a
> course of antibiotics and pain killers.
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> I am not keen on taking any medication unless absolutely necessary,
> particularly antibiotics.
My advice: take the antibiotics!
A year ago I underwent some periodontal surgery that included extraction of
a wisdom tooth. My doc did not prescribe antibiotics, though I did not ask
him not to. I found myself a few days later in emergency care at my local
hospital with a massive and life-threatening infection of my face and head.
The emergency care physician administered antibiotics by IV drip, which
might very well have saved my life.
Infections in the head area are a very serious business. They can become
lethal by spreading to the brain.
Antibiotics are of course not paleolithic, but consider for a moment that
our paleolithic ancestors had shorter life-expectancies largely because they
were so vulnerable to infectious disease.
I think this is one case where it makes sense to avail oneself of the
miracles of modern medicine.
-gts
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