My visit to the ER yesterday

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infections in your mouth can be really dangerous. Sometimes the infection breaks out and goes to the heart (and probably the brain too) and can kill you in seconds. When I was at the hospital for an infected abscess the nurse who took care of me said he had one and it had to be surgically removed immediately. He said the Dr told him that had he waited any longer to get treatment, he would have died as the infection was beginning to spread.

Someone I used to work with had one but was waiting for her father's new insurance to kick in before going to have it looked at. The insurance we could have had from work sucked terribly, hence why she changed to her dad's. I begged her to go anyway, but she wouldn't. Lucky for her it wasn't that serious of an infection and she was ok.

Dental pain may not seem like a big deal, but remember folks, it can kill you if there is an infection.