The woman's left hand suddenly can't comb her hair and end the bowl? Doctor: Or brain abscess due to tooth decay!

Text/Yangcheng Evening News all-media reporter Lin Qingqing Correspondent Zheng Lin

The left limb was weak, the corners of the mouth were crooked and drooling, and the 50-year-old woman in Zhaoqing thought she had suffered a stroke, and finally found that it was an abscess in the skull. Fortunately, the Guangzhou doctor helped her to extract a large amount of yellow viscous pus in time, so that she could regain her health. The culprit that caused all this could be her tooth decay.

Weakness of the limbs is suspected of stroke

Aunt Sun ( a pseudonym ) , 50 , is a local farmer in Zhaoqing. Always physically fit, she has been busy in the fields for many years. Since December 8 last year, she has vaguely felt that something is not quite right. "Headache, fever, fatigue, discomfort." At first, Aunt Sun thought it was a common cold. But in the next 10 days, her left hand and foot could not be lifted one after another, and even the basic daily activities such as combing her hair and serving bowls could not be completed independently.

"The corners of the mouth are crooked and drooling." Friends told Aunt Sun that it might be a stroke. So she went to a nearby clinic to prescribe several doses of Chinese medicine. "After drinking Chinese medicine, the symptoms of 'stroke' still did not improve." So she went to the local hospital.

At the local hospital, Aunt Sun was told that there was a mass lesion in the right frontal lobe. In order to seek further diagnosis and treatment, Aunt Sun was accompanied by her family to Guangdong Sanjiu Brain Hospital.

Surgery revealed a yellow viscous pus in the skull

Wu Jie, director of the sixth department of neurology who was admitted to the hospital, learned when carefully asking for medical history that Aunt Sun had filled her teeth at the local dental clinic in early November last year, so he believed that the mass lesion was more likely to be a brain abscess. After perfecting the relevant examinations, Wu Jie's team performed a right frontal lobe mass resection for the patient under general anesthesia.

"During the operation, we saw a lumpy lesion with an envelope and a hard texture, and after cutting it, we found that it was a yellow viscous pus." Wu Jie said.

There are abscesses in the brain

After symptomatic treatment such as anti-infection after surgery, Aunt Sun has gradually recovered and will be discharged from the hospital in the near future. "The mouth is not crooked, the hands and feet are numb." Aunt Sun said happily.

Tooth decay is not to be underestimated! Prompt and regular treatment should be provided

Wu Jie explained that when tooth decay and periodontal abscess occur, bacteria may enter the brain through their own blood system, resulting in brain abscess or subdural pus. "The tooth has a toothpick-sized hole, which should have been a year or two old, and it was only recently repaired." Aunt Sun recalled with trepidation.

"Oral diseases must not be delayed, and treatment must also go to a regular medical place." Wu Jie stressed that middle ear mastoiditis, sinusitis, etc. should also pay attention to, once such diseases are combined with fever, headache, limb weakness, mental deterioration, etc., must be timely medical treatment. (For more news, please pay attention to Yangcheng Pie pai.ycwb.com)

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