Swollen and painful gums during breastfeeding and swollen face can be treated by taking anti-inflammatory drugs, local rinsing and medication, root canal treatment and extraction of the affected teeth.
1. Take anti-inflammatory drugs: swollen gums during breastfeeding, considering that it may be caused by gingivitis or periodontitis and other problems, you can take a certain dose of metronidazole tablets or cephradine capsules and other drugs under the guidance of a doctor to carry out systemic anti-infective treatment, it is recommended that during the period of taking medication, it is best to breastfeeding 4 hours apart, to avoid the drugs with the breast milk to enter the body of the baby to cause adverse effects.
2. Local rinsing and medication: swollen gums during breastfeeding, and the face is also swollen, considering that it may be caused by wisdom teeth pericoronitis, you can go to the hospital stomatology alternately use 3% hydrogen peroxide solution and saline rinse the gums around the crowns of the wisdom teeth for anti-inflammatory, and in the gingival sulcus placed in the composite iodine glycerine to play a role in antibacterial and anti-inflammatory.
3. Root canal treatment: When the tooth has an apical abscess, it may also manifest as swollen and painful gums and symptoms of facial swelling, you can go to the hospital stomatology department to take X-rays to confirm the diagnosis and then carry out the root canal treatment, open the pulp cavity for drainage, which can play a role in relieving the swelling and pain.
4. Extraction of the affected teeth: If the gum swelling and pain recurs during breastfeeding, and the scope of tooth inflammation is too large to be retained, it is best to control the acute inflammation, and then timely extraction of the affected teeth.