Long-term untreated apical inflammation may affect chewing function, lead to cellulitis and even sepsis, which will cause serious damage to the body.
1. Impact on chewing function: apical inflammation often causes severe pain when chewing, if not treated in time, patients may not be able to chew normally.
2. Cellulitis: if apical inflammation is left untreated for a long time, the local inflammation is likely to spread and spread, resulting in inflammation of the gums and other soft tissues, or even localized suppuration, and the pathological changes of cellulitis may occur, and the patient may have fever and elevated white blood cells and other manifestations.
3. Septicemia: If apical inflammation is left untreated for a long time, with the continuous development of the disease, the bacteria in the local diseased tissues may be released into the blood in large quantities, and once the bacteria grow and multiply in the blood, sepsis may occur.
Long-term untreated apical inflammation may have serious consequences, if you find tooth pain and gums red and swollen and other abnormal symptoms, it is best to consult a doctor in a timely manner to check and accept the formal treatment, so as to return to normal in a timely manner.