Help please, my gum is really messed up.

[Greenport]

Im not sure if its an absess or what. But wen i press on a part of my gum it hurts into my tooth and Vice versa. and i looked at that part of my gum in the mirror and its rlly swolen and when I brushed it it started bleeding. Is this most likely an absess?

Greenport Reviewed by Greenport on 06-02-2007. Help please, my gum is really messed up. Im not sure if its an absess or what. But wen i press on a part of my gum it hurts into my tooth and Vice versa. and i looked at that part of my gum in the mirror and its rlly swolen and when I brushed it it started bleeding. Is this most likely an absess? Rating: 5

[Greenport]

it hurts

[Bob the Awesome]

*shrugs* I wish I could help more, but I have no idea. If it keeps up for the rest of today, it's probably time to go to a dentist.

[Greenport]

its been there for awhile. last night i was thinkin it was cancer but I think im just being paranoid lmao.

[Staurm]

Go to the dentist, it sounds like an abcess. These things can turn nasty if left untreated.

I left one growing for over a year, and it wasn't until my tooth fell out that I went to the dentist and had it treated. It was spreading across my whole cheek this thing.

[darkestXredX]

ehh doesnt sound very..nice
haha

go to a dentist
get it treated so you wont be annoyed anymore

[Nochowderforyou]

If you had an abssessed tooth, you'd know bro. Just imagine someone being inside of your tooth, grinding the inside of your tooth with a pin, and trying to escape through your gums. In other words, you'd be in a tremendous amount of pain.

You just have a sore gum. Could be from lack of brushing, or brushing your teeth too hard. Stop poking at it, and take it easy when brushing on that area, or if you haven't been brushing your teeth at all or not good enough, it could be plaque and bacteria building on there.

When you have an abssessed tooth, you'll know it, but if it does get worse, then go see a dentist, but poking and pushing on it will just irritate it more.

[Staurm]

If its plaque or rotten food growing in there it could be developing into an abcess, or already such. Sometimes they flame up, other times you don't notice so much. I had one for a year and the pain was not so bad, mainly because my tooth was dead.

If nothing else, for peace of mind get it sorted.

Go to the dentist.

[TommyJ]

Im not sure if its an absess or what. But wen i press on a part of my gum it hurts into my tooth and Vice versa. and i looked at that part of my gum in the mirror and its rlly swolen and when I brushed it it started bleeding. Is this most likely an absess?

When I had an abscess on my gum I would've explained it more-or-less the way you did, so it sounds like an abscess to me. I can't remember how it cured (I was about 8 at the time), but it annoyed me immensely. Try not to touch it in any way or squeeze your cheeks in. Only makes it worse.

[Storm Crow]

Abscesses are nothing to mess around with! They can "blow up" in an amazingly short time. They can KILL YOU! If the abscess pops into a blood vessel, you can go into septic shock. (A friend's dog died that way.) Granny's not fooling around on this one, kid. Go to a dentist or emergency room as soon as possible! If you're lucky, some antibiotics will be all you need.- Granny:hippy: