I have the kind of headcold where your teeth

[cville]

Feel like they're going to fall out. I have a hour flight with a 3 year old on Thursday.

If I don't get better ovenight tonight, I'm going to urgent care. I don't think I can get in to see my PCP and get enough days of antibiotics in me if I wait until Monday.



This complaint/question did not require its own post. But I'm a rebel.

[cajunmom]

Ask for a steroid shot. That'll have you feeling better in a day. Head colds suck!

[RoxMonster]

It may be a sinus infection (or going that way). I feel your pain as I had one over Christmas and it was miserable. The walk-in clinic gave me Amoxicillin and Mucinex helped, too. I started feeling better about two days after being on the abx.

Here is to hoping you start feeling better!

[thatgirl2478]

Sudafed! The real, behind the counter stuff. Get a 12 hr formulation vs the 24 hr one. Mucinex is also great even if you don't have a cough.

[tillie]

Sinus infection. Definitely Sudafed time!

[jlt19]

Maybe try a minute clinic? Probably cheaper than urgent care. Ours take appts too.

[panicfoot]

Definitely sudafed! It's pressure from your sinuses that make your teeth hurt. Sudafed will reduce the pressure.

I hope you feel better ASAP. A flight with a three year old is its own special kind of hell in the best of circumstances.

[midnightrae]

It sounds like a sinus infection. I went to urgent care the other day for a migraine that turned out to be from a bad sinus infection.
Feel better soon

[textbookcase]

Ugh, I'm sorry. Definitely sounds like a sinus infection. I had the worst one of my life about a month ago. Go to urgent care! I hope you feel better asap.

[readyin07]

Yep, sinus infection. I had never had that happen until I was sick last year. I didn't care about being sick, but the tooth/jaw ache was almost unbearable. The only thing that made me at all comfortable was a wet washcloth warmed up in the microwave and then stuck on my cheek. Even the little bean bag thingies you can heat up or freeze didn't help as much as that did. I would go get antibiotics. We have crummy insurance and I didn't feel like I could afford to go at the time and it was horrible.

[RoxMonster]

You can try Sudafed but if it isn't working, I'd stop after a couple days. I tried to treat my head cold with that for about 4-5 days and when I finally went in, the doc said it is meant to dry you up so it dried me up so much that nothing was coming out. I couldn't breathe at all. So try it but just be careful of that.

[lilybug]

Flying while snotty is the worst I hope you feel better!

[flex]

Jan 7, 2017 13:42:33 GMT -5 RoxMonster said:

You can try Sudafed but if it isn't working, I'd stop after a couple days. I tried to treat my head cold with that for about 4-5 days and when I finally went in, the doc said it is meant to dry you up so it dried me up so much that nothing was coming out. I couldn't breathe at all. So try it but just be careful of that.

YES!  Do NOT use Sudafed!  Mucinex is the best thing to take for a sinus infection as it loosens the infection up so your body can flush it out.  

[pumpkin]

Hope you feel better soon! I'm on my 3rd round of antibiotics for a sinus infection that I just can't seem to get rid of so whatever is going around this year is awful.

[eb777888]

Yes! Sinus infection for sure! The two sinus infections I've had, I also had that weird teeth feeling. Drugs definitely helped clear it up.

Hope you get to feeling better.

[cville]

I am getting a z pak! So excited. Lol.

[rbp]

Pseudoephedrine. Sinus infections suck!

[revolution]

Glad you got drugs. I got some for a sinus infection today also. And some Prednisone. When my teeth hurt and my face starts throbbing I go in and get drugs.

[gilmoregirl]

Glad you got the meds! I flew sick once with a double ear infection and sinus infection. I was coming back from vacation and got sick the last couple of days. It was the worst pain ever.

I was at the doctor today and they told me it's viral. At least I got cough medicine that works now so I can actually sleep. I wish she had given me a z pack but she said antibiotics wouldn't help.

Being sick is the worst.