What to do if you have a low-grade fever after a painful wisdom tooth extraction

Low fever after wisdom tooth extraction pain is considered to be caused by absorption of heat and septic infection of large wisdom tooth extraction wound, which can be relieved by general treatment and medication. 1. General treatment: the body temperature in 37.3 ℃ ~ 38 ℃ for low fever, you can first take physical cooling. Use warm water towel to wipe the patient’s chest, back, neck, armpits, groin, etc. You can drink more warm water to promote body metabolism and avoid water loss caused by fever. 2. Medication: If the patient’s body temperature exceeds 38.5 ℃, it may be the wound and bacterial infection, it is recommended to give acetaminophen tablets and other antipyretics under the guidance of the doctor to lower the temperature, you can take penicillin, amoxicillin, cefixime and other anti-inflammatory drugs. When the inflammation is under control, the symptoms will be relieved, and pain patients can take ibuprofen and other drugs to relieve pain. Patients with low fever after wisdom tooth extraction pain should not only consider low fever caused by tooth extraction, but also exclude other factors of low fever, such as colds, lung infections, etc., and then you need to go to the hospital under the guidance of the doctor to carry out the reasonable use of medication and standardized treatment.