Bacterial Mouth Infections

Question: Only professinals , please . Can amalgam fillings be the cause for a bacterial mouth infection ? I urgently need antibacterial lazer surgery done and need to know whether amalgam fillings could be the cause for it ? Thnaks for your help . Only professionals , please.

Answer: No, amalgam fillings are actually making a come back for many people. The tooth colored fills sound great, but don't last as long as amalgam fillings. People who tend to grind their teeth will find amalgam fillings last much longer than composite fillings. Amalgam fills have mercury, but are safer now b/c they are no longer mixed by hand. Composite fills may leak estrogenic effects. Neither produces bacteria. Having any restoration between your teeth or close to your gum line can allow food to easily stick to those areas which will harber bacteria. Fillings and crowns could all do this no matter what kind. The type of thing you describe would be caused usually by lack of flossing/ good oral hygiene practices, lack of regular dental cleanings allowing buildup beneath gumlines/bone loss, tobacco use, health problems such as diabetes can quickly cause problems.

Question: Is it common or always likely to get a bacterial infection from the mouth to your partner with oral sex? I want to know if itching and other symptoms of bacterial transfer is common when oral sex is given mouth to genitalia, given by either gender or vice versa. My partner and I disagree, he believes that is funny, I say our mouth have a totally different kind of bacteria that can infect my vaginal and outer area as well as my mouth bacteria possibly tranferring bacteria to his private part (penis). Are there any mature, experienced responses anyone can educate us both on to avoid & also respond to the fact that a bacterial problem can & often does occur, especially leaving the female uncomfortable with symptoms. Do guys get unfavorable bacteria from oral sex given to them because of the partner having normal bacteria or even gingvitis? Other than the obvious brushing of teeth, mouthwashing prior to the giver to the receiver, & the receiver showering & good hygiene, what are appropriate health practices that should (always) be used to create minimal or no infections to either participant?

Answer: the mouth can contract and transmit many diseases. Herpes I (cold sores) are common in the mouth and can be transmitted to someone else's mouth or genitals with oral/oral, oral/genital or oral/anal contact. Herpes II (Genital Herpes) is closely related to the Herpes I virus. Herpes II can infect the mouth with oral/genital contact. Although it is rare, there are cases where oral/anal or oral/genital contact resulted in a non infected partner developing HIV. Gonohhrea and syphilis can infect the oral area with oral sex. It makes sense to use common sense and protection when having or receiving oral sex. People who perform genital oral sex who have male partners can develop sores in the back of their palate. If the males thrusts deeply and strongly it can damage these tissues and the resulting sores can become infected. Do not have oral sex when you or your partner has sores. Don't let anyone ejaculate in your mouth. If you are concerned about your male partner, do not place the head of his penis in your mouth. This prevents direct contact and prevents the ejaculate from contacting your oral tissues. Don't perform oral sex on a woman who is menstruating.

Question: What are some natural remedies for preventing or destroying bacterial infections after tooth extraction? I got 2 wisdom teeth pulled yesterday and my oral surgeon prescribed me Clindamycin HCl. I'm having shortness of breath from it, a metalic taste in my mouth, some skin itching, and occasional chest pains. I have discontinued this med, however I am worried about how my gums are healing and I'm scared of getting a bacterial infection, so is there an effective natural remedy that would work?

Answer: Clindamycin is an higher generation anti biotic, try some thing lighter like Amox 250, 3 times a day. Keep your mouth clean by properly cleaning them, brushing & gargling with mouth wash.

Question: can a vaginal bacterial infection be spread by kissing mouth-on-mouth? my girlfriend has a vaginal bacterial infection and i'm paranoid about kissing her on the mouth. Can i catch bacteria this way? i know that we have to use condoms while she takes her antibiotics, but now i'm worried that i can't kiss her. does anyone know? ok, phew, thanks everyone. i finished my antibiotics 5 days ago, and i was paranoid about contracting it through kissing. glad to know that it stays 'down there'

Answer: Vaginal bacteria is only in the vagina. You can not catch the infection unless your.....down there! You CAN kiss her without being afraid.

Question: Can I get parasites,or bacterial infections from a fish tank by accidentally ingesting water? I used a manual pump to do a water change and got a small amount of the water in my mouth. 3-4 of my fish have died in 2 days from what I believe to be parasites. I rinsed my mouth out right away. That was last night and I was fine all day today. It is now almost 9pm and 2-3 hours ago, I started having bubble gutts, etc. Do you think it is from the fish parasites?

Answer: most likely not. any bug or most parasite will be destroyed by your stomach acid. also you don't need to use your mouth. just fill the entire pump with water and it will start the siphon way easier and better than sucking the tube. must be something you ate...taco?burritos?

Question: health throush (witch it a fungal & bacterial infection of the mouth )? Could anyone help i have thuoush in my mouth i have had it since before christmas i have been to my gp 5 times they give me diffrent stuff & i still have it ,i do use inhalers as i have asma i am in my early 60s still working not over weight & dont eat rubbish food if anyone has had this & got rid of it or give me some advice on how to get rid of it i would be most greatfull as it is now doing my head it just when i think its gone it comes back .i was at my GP yesterday & they have now given me Daktarin a gell to rub on .i would like ony answers relating to this problem please thank you. I also rince my mouth out when i use my inhalers with a good mouth wash

Answer: I used to get it when I was on steroid based inhalers. Eventually the doctor changed me to Singular pills and Spariva handi-haler. Neither of these have steroids. When I did have thrush, it would be cleared up by the meds the doctors gave me but then I would end up with a strep B infection, then clear that up to get an other thrush infection. This cycle happened about 5 times before my meds where changed. One thing that my doctor did say when I had the problem was to use no alcohol based mouth washes.

Question: bacterial infection in the mouth?

Answer: A hydrogen peroxide rinse followed by salt water should help most oral bacterial infections. Thrush is a yeast infection and Herpes is viral. These are best treated by a doctor. Check out the site below:

Question: bacterial infections receiving oral sex? I love good teeth and a clean mouth VERY attractive in the opposite sex. so my question was can i receive some type of bacterial vaginal infection if i receive oral sex from someone who has gingivitis, plaque, or tartar? i'm not trying to be funny or anything this is a real question.

Answer: Yessss...listen, a person's mouth has more bacteria (food particles) than you can imagine. A female down there is warm and bacteria can multiply with a quickness. Bacteria from and foreign matter especially....be careful...this can affective you and your reproductive organs. Let's say he smokes, etc...even this chemical can appear in your system down there? Cause an Infection...even cause a simple urinary tract infection.

Question: Any homeopathic remedies out there for a child with bacterial infection in the throat? My neighbor is in a horrible situation that she is trying like heck to get out of but the system is totally letting her down. Her 19 month old baby gets sick, fever, nausea, vomiting, and she finds a large lump in the back of her mouth. It's a Holiday, she has no money, is trying to get the kids on medicaid, can't get in to her pediatrician cuz she has no money....so she takes the child to the ER. The child also has a condition where her urine backflushes in to her kidneys due to a congenital disorder, and has been on profilactic antibiotics, until her mother's life went to hell, and she could no longer afford the medicine. The ER DR. told, her he couldn't help her, refused to give the child a shot of Penicillin, and would'nt give her mom a script for ant. He told her wouldn't do any good anyway, and pretty much dismissed her, without antibiotics for a BACTERIAL infection, and told her to take the kid to her regular Dr. knowing he won't see her because she has no money. Pls Help!

Answer: Can you please give me more details about the Child, I am a Homeopathic Practitioner. I would need the childs exact symptoms to prescribe accordingly. As you know Homeopathy treats the patient not the disease. Here are the Head remedies used in Homeopathy for Cough and respiratory disease and disorders :- Cough - Treatment & Homeopathic Medicines #Phosphorus [Phos] The cough of Phosphorus arises from irritation in the trachea. It is tickling which is lower down than the irritation calling for Belladonna It is made worse by talking or using the voice; in fact, any change in breathing causes the cough. It is at first dry and tight and then with expectoration of tenacious purulent mucus. It is worse from a change to cold air, the chest feels dry, and the cough sounds and there is a constriction across the upper part of the chest. Continued hoarsensess with a distressing, dry cough. It is also a remedy for stomach or hepatic coughs, anaemic coughs, and in reflex coughs, being here similar to Ambra grisea. Ignatia is useful in nervous coughs, in which the more the patient coughs the greater the irritation to cough. Sticta has this symptom, but it is not nervous in origin. Ambra grisea is useful in nervous coughs followed by eructation of wind. Reflex coughs rather than those of organic lesions of the respiratory organs. Phosphorus follows Belladonna well. Belladonna relieves the soreness, tenderness and fever, but the hoarse, rough voice yields to phosphorus. A dry cough is an important indication for Belladonna. #Rumex crispus [Rumex] This remedy has a dry cough from tickling in the supra-sternal fossa. It is a laryngo-tracheal cough which is teasing and persistent, and is aggravated by cold air. The patient has to cover the head with the bedclothes and breathe warm air to stop the cough. Deep inspiration aggravates it. It suits incessant fatiguing fatiguing coughs, with soreness behind the sternum, and much tough mucus in the larynx which cannot be hawked up. It suits the night coughs of consumptives where there are sharp, stitching pains through the lungs in the early stages. Silicea has a similar cough, worse from cold drinks, worse from speaking and worse from lying down at night. #Bryonia [Bry] The cough of Bryonia is generally dry and concussive. It seems to come from the region of the stomach, and is preceded by a tickling in the epigastrium. During the cough the patient holds the sides of the chest with his hands, as the sough not only shakes the chest, but also hurts distant parts of the body. It is induced also by coming from the open air into a warm room and is accompanied by bursting headache. The expectoration is scanty, tough and sometimes bloody. Natrum carbonicum. Cough worse in a warm room, with a purulent salty and greenish expectoration. Asclepias tuberosa. Loose cough, with stitching pains in the chest, a looser cough than the Bryonia cough, and the patient is more "broken up" with the cold. #Spongia [Spong] This remedy suits a hard, barking, ringing, metallic sounding cough, which is worse from deep breathing and excitement, often arousing the patient out of sleep with a suffocative feeling. There is usually no expectoration; it suits, therefore, oftentimes the dry , racking cough of chronic bronchitis. Sambucus. Useful in suffocative coughs of children where there is rough wheezing with great dyspnoea; patient can only breathe with the mouth wide open. #Hyoscyamus [Hyos] The cough of this remedy is dry, nervous and spasmodic, occurs at night and ceases after sitting up. This is characteristic of the drug; the Belladonna cough may compel the patient to sit up, but no relief is obtained. Hyoscyamus is a wonderfully calming remedy in the night coughs of consumptives. Manganum has a cough that is always better on lying down, only troublesome when sitting up. Conium. This remedy has a tormenting dry cough, worse lying down, worse in the evening and at night. Speaking or laughing also aggravates the cough. The irritation is in the trachea or upper bronchi. Opium has a difficult cough, especially tormenting at night, with a scanty expectoration. Burt testifies as to its utility in dry spasmodic nightly coughs that prevent sleep, with no expectoration. Laurocerasus is a very beneficial remedy in the dry, teasing cough of consumptives. Aralia racemosa cures a spasmodic cough coming on at night after the first sleep, caused by tickling in the throat and constriction of chest; has to sit up and cough violently. Naphthalin. Dr. Cartier recommends this remedy highly in spasmodic coughs, due to an acute laryngo-tracheitis. #Sanguinaria [Sang] This is one of our best remedies in dry and humid coughs following inflammation. It is especially useful in the pre-tubercular stage of phthisis. Brigham says that few remedies have proved equal to Sanguinaria for bronchial coughs. It is usually a dry cough excited by tickling in the larynx and upper chest. The expectoration is rust colored and the breathe may be offensive. Again, it may have a loose cough, but the secretion of mucus is expectorated with great difficulty, here being like Kali bichromicum. Holcomb says: " It has done me more good in pulmonary diseases than any other single remedy." Almost any cough with a hectic flush and dryness of the throat will yield to Sanguinaria. #Antimonium tartaricum [Ant-t] With this remedy the cough sounds loose and the patient feels sure that the next cough will raise the mucus; but it does not, no phlegm is raised. There is drowsiness accompanying the cough and the dyspnoea increases. Bayes says that the 3d and 6th potencies harden the cough, but the 2x loosens it. The characteristic then are the loose cough, the rattling in the chest and the absence of expectoration. It is a convulsive, concussive cough, attended with copious secretion of mucus. It is worse at night and in bed. The expectoration when present is either lemon-yellow or blood streaked. Ipecac has a loose, rattling cough occurring with every breathe, accompanied by asthma and nausea and vomiting. As with Antimonium tartaricum, the chest seems full of mucus, but does not yield to coughing. A cough that has lasted a long time and been neglected will oftentimes be benefited by Ipecac. Hepar sulphur. The cough of Hepar is husky and hoarse, never a perfectly dry one; it has a loose edge and the patient coughs into a fit of choking. Scilla. Rattling in chest; patient coughs a long time before a little mucus is raised, which relieves. #Kali bichromicum [Kali-bi] This remedy has a constant metallic barking and its great characteristic is the presence of a thick tenacious mucus, which is exceedingly difficult to expectorate. It corresponds well to coughs following measles and to wearisome morning coughs where there is the difficult expectoration. These symptoms distinguish the remedy, together with its amelioration at night in bed. Kali carbonicum has a paroxysmal cough, which is violent and long continued, and after a tedious effort a small quantity of tough stringy mucus is dislodged. The cough may cause gagging and vomiting. Nitric acid. The Nitric acid cough is essentially chronic, often short and dry on first lying down at night; is accompanied by great physical depression and a stinging and smarting sensation in the larynx; there is little or no expectoration. Nux vomica is sometimes useful in short, dry and fatiguing coughs accompanied by headache and soreness in the epigastric zone. If the pharynx and fauces are affected Nux will be more especially indicated. Mercurius is adapted to a dry cough that is passing into a moist stage after Belladonna, Bryonia, etc. Dry cough with roughness, burning feeling of rawness from fauces to sternum. #Sticta pulmonaria [Stict] Dr. M. D. Youngman, of Atlantic City, thus summed up the indications for Sticta in coughs: 1. It is indicated in harsh, racking, incessant, "unprofitable " cough of spasmodic type. 2. It is particularly adapted to neurotic, rheumatic, and gouty individuals. 3. It is more valuable in sub-acute and chronic cases. 4. It is most suitable to old age. 5. It allays irritation, soothes irritable tissues, removes hyper-sensitive conditions of the respiratory mucous membrane and promotes sleep. 6. He suggested it as being worthy of a trial in whooping cough. #Lachesis [Lach] The cough of Lachesis is dry, spasmodic, in suffocative fits, tickling at night. There is but little secretion and much sensitiveness, worse from pressure on the larynx, after sleep and in the open air. The mucus cannot be brought up it will stick there. Useful in the harassing coughs accompanying organic diseases of the heart, also Naja. Dulcamara has a spasmodic cough, with profuse secretion of mucus in the larynx and trachea, easy expectoration of tasteless mucus; the coughing spells are long and damp weather aggravates. Causticum has a dry, hollow cough,l with tightly adhering mucus in the chest, relieved by a drink of cold water, as in the nervous spasmodic cough of Cuprum. It is accompanied often times with pain in the hips, more frequently the left, and with involuntary spurting of urine. Scilla and Natrum muriaticum also have this last symptom. With Causticum the patient cannot cough deeply enough to raise the mucus, being similar to Lachesis in this sticking of the phlegm. The Causticum cough is attended with morning hoarseness. Senega is useful in coughs with profuse secretion of mucus, causing ineffectual efforts for its expulsion, though the cough is loose and rattling. Burning in the chest before or after coughing is an excellent symptoms. http://www.hpathy.com/diseases/cough-sym… For more information please check this link :- http://www.hpathy.com/diseases/ Take Care and God Bless you.

Question: Bacterial Infections? Are there any infections known to permeate the epidermis? I'm sure some infections could attack via the eyes, ears, mouth, nose and other orifices which i don't really feel like naming. To get to the point, my housemate has a msra staph infection and I'm wondering just how careful we have to be to prevent its spreading. We're cleaning common touched surfaces and the like but just how transmittable is this bacteria?

Answer: I work with a guy that has just got over a long hyperbaric chamber treatment due to a hospital induced staph infection on his foot. It never crossed my mind that he was a contagion, Don't we all carry staph on us especially in the nose? My gut feeling is don't worry about it and get exposed while you are healthy and fight it off rather than wait until you get infected when your immune system is down.