Do you sometimes feel a tender bump on your gum that makes you uncomfortable? This could be a gum boil. Gum boils are painful and distressing to look at. Simple acts of chewing and eating can be painful due to the boils. If left untreated, gum boils may lead to potential health complications such as septicemiai XA serious, often life-threatening case of blood poisoning caused by bacterial infections. Also known as sepsis. (blood infection) and shock (1). In this article, we will be discussing a few gum boil remedies and treatment options that are available.
What Is A Gum Boil?
Also known as parulisi XA painful oral lesion or abscess that develops on the gumline, especially at the base of a decayed tooth due to an acute infection. or gum abscesses, gum boils are swollen, pus-filled bumps that develop on your gums. Gum boils are a sign of a bacterial infection and they form when there is a bacterial build-up in the gum area. Factors such as food stuck in your teeth, plaques, decaying teeth, or gum disease can lead to the overgrowth of bacteria in gum pockets. There are two types of gum boils:
- Periodontal Abscess –A type of abscess characterized by collection of pus inside the gum tissue called the periodontal pocket. Periodontal abscess is one of the most common forms of boils that require a trip to the dentist every year (2). Caused by gram-negative anaerobic bacteria, a recurrent untreated periodontal abscess may lead to oral cancer cell formation (3).
- Periapical Abscess– Caused by Streptococcusi XA genus of parasitic gram-positive bacteria that causes dental infections, pneumonia, pharyngitis, cellulitis and other diseases. and Bacteroides species, these dental abscesses form at the root of the tooth (4). Due to the buildup of bacteria at the root, it results in tooth and bone pain.
While pain in your gum may be the first sign of a gum boil, it may be accompanied by a few other symptoms as well.
The common symptoms of gum boil are (1), (5):
- Swollen gums
- Fever
- Swollen lymph nodes
- Sore and tender gum
- Facial erythemai XA skin condition that causes reddening of the skin in patches due to increased blood flow due to stress, injury or inflammation. – facial redness
- Trismusi XA condition in which the jaw muscles suddenly and painfully contract and cause the mouth to be locked temporarily, or even permanently. – locked jaw
- Dysphagiai XDifficulty in swallowing due to dental or neurological problems or blockages in any part of the swallowing process. – trouble swallowing
- Discolored teeth
- Hoarse voice
- Drooling
MsFoy, a blogger, shared their painful experience of gum boils. They said, “The roof of my mouth swelled to an astonishing size and shape, and everything hurt – my jaws, my tongue, my nose, my sinuses, my left eye, my head – and my neck became very stiff and I had difficulty swallowing (i).”
These symptoms can have certain underlying causes. Learn more about them in the next section.
Causes Of Gum Boils
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