If an infection becomes so painful that it can’t be managed by nonprescription medicines, see your doctor or dentist for drainage ... tongue, or even into the jaw or facial bones. A tooth ...

Ludwig’s angina: This is an infection of the floor of the mouth when the dental abscess bacteria spread. There is swelling and intense pain under the tongue and in the neck. In severe cases ...

The best treatment for any abscess or collection of pus is to drain the same with a liberal incision with dependent drainage. Once an abscess reaches the stage of collection of purulent material ...

"The bacteria that caused the abscess in this patient were ... "Although the jewelry inserted through the tongue allows a ready tract for spontaneous drainage of infection, this procedure is ...

A tongue piercing may have contributed to a deadly brain abscess, Israeli doctors say. The report in October's issue of the Archives of Neurology described a 22-year-old man who died in hospital ...

An abscess was defined as acute onset within 1 week, fluctuance, erythema, induration and tenderness with or without purulent drainage. Exclusion criteria included: diabetes, use of oral steroids ...

Parents now have another reason to frown on tongue piercing – a potentially fatal brain abscess suffered by a young woman in Connecticut. The woman’s tongue became sore and swollen two or ...