Unexpectedly Due to Rarely Brushing the Teeth, This Little Girl's Face Swells Even It Threatens Life

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Friday, Jul 03, 2020 | 03:13 pm

As a result of rarely brushing teeth, this girl's teeth are infected and her face is swollen and even threatens her life

News24xx.com - Oral health is a thing that is often forgotten, especially if it's still small, oral health is a very urgent thing.

For children who do not understand as parents should tell and give the right lessons for their health in the future.

Reporting from the World of Facebook a dentist, Dr. Azila Mohd Kasim shared her experience of caring for a five-year-old girl.

The girl has cavities that are quite severe. Even this girl has a swollen face big enough on one side of her face caused by her teeth.

It is known that this is due to the neglect of dental hygiene which is quite frequent and often consumes sweets.

So that the poor girl can be infected with diseases and bacteria that are life-threatening.

He also can't even open his right eye.

Dr. Azila said that this was facial cellulitis, which meant an infection of facial tissue, and he had to start treatment immediately.

The medicines he has been taking have to be stopped because the dosage is not right, and he has to prescribe new drugs to stop the infection from spreading.

After three days of taking the medication he had prescribed, fortunately, the swelling was reduced and Dr. Azila was able to pull out his decayed and decayed teeth.

He said, "Swollen gums mean there is an infection and these bacteria can actually spread to the brain and cause sepsis."

"Sepsis can be deadly and spread through the bloodstream."

"Sepsis occurs when the body's response to these chemicals is out of balance, triggering changes that can damage many organ systems that can cause death."

"When a dental infection occurs, bacteria can spread to the tissues or bones around the teeth which can also be transmitted to other parts of the body," he explained.

Some signs of infection in the mouth are bad breath, bitter taste in the mouth, fever, toothache, swollen neck glands, and swollen jaws.

Dr Azila suggested that those who have these symptoms should immediately go to the hospital for treatment before the situation worsens.

Investigate a calibration turns out the little girl's parents do not require her to brush her teeth every day and do not take her to the dentist regularly.