If the swelling involves the nose, for instance, rhinoplasty, it can take up to a year for all of the swelling to go down. That's without any kind of infection. I had some surgery which involved my nose and my doctor advised me to ice my nose many times during the first day. It really did help. I can't imagine what I would have looked like if I hadn't. So don't worry about the swelling, it is very common and it will eventually go down. The swelling doesn't mean it is infected. I hope your son feels better.
----- Original Message ----- From: Marsha Hallett <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2000 9:24 PM Subject: Re: CS>Infected Tooth > > > Last Thursday my 13 year old son had to have oral surgery to have a tooth > > removed from his upper gums right under his nostril that never grew > > down...also another baby tooth. He did very well and I had him swish cs > > around in his mouth alot as well as ingest some. The next morning his > cheek > > was sooo swollen up and his eye was all red and looked like someone had > > punched him a good one! Saturday was not much better looking nor today > > either. He had stitches in his gums and off and on it has been a little > > sore. He's taken Tylenol and Advil at different times when it was feeling > so > > sore. I'm really quite disappointed that with all the cs I've given him, > the > > swelling is still there and his face looks so puffy! Any suggestions?? > > > > Thanks. > > Marlene > > Dear Marlene, Surgery is an insult to the tissues, causing swelling and > bleeding. There may not even be any infection, but swelling will still > happen just from the trauma! Keep up the CS to prevent any infection from > setting in. > Good luck to him!! > Love, > Marsha > > > -- > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: > [email protected] -or- [email protected] > with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> >
