The Toxic Tooth: How a root canal could be making you sick by Levy MD JD & Kulacz Robert

Author:Levy, MD JD & Kulacz, Robert [Levy, MD JD]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Medfox Publishing
Published: 2014-11-01T00:00:00+00:00

Multiple consultations by a variety of medical specialists led to the same diagnostic dead-end. Even though his blood tests indicated that Mr. Smith had a bacterial infection, blood cultures for bacteria were negative. Lacking any clear answers for his condition, the treating physicians tried one antibiotic after another.

This non-focused, machine gun-like administration of multiple drugs continued until Mr. Smith’s kidneys and liver could no longer handle the toxic assault of these drugs along with the toxic effects of his underlying disease. Faced with this relentless toxicity and the ongoing stress of the unchecked infection, these organs finally began to shut down. And, still, there was no diagnosis. There was never a diagnosis. The question marks continued to pile up in the medical record.

Mr. Smith, however, is not such an unusual case. Many people die every day in hospitals without a clear diagnosis. The final cause of death in such a patient commonly ends up being the “diagnosis,” such as heart attack, blood clot, stroke, or respiratory failure. But what led up to so many of these “final causes” of death?

Sixteen years before his death, Mr. Smith had a root canal procedure on one of his teeth. During this treatment process he developed a heart infection known as subacute bacterial endocarditis (SBE). Bacteria from his infected, root canal-treated tooth entered the bloodstream and traveled to Mr. Smith’s heart. SBE is often a life-threatening illness. Although an infected tooth is not the only source of the bacteria or other microorganisms that can cause SBE, Mr. Smith’s SBE was clearly traced to his root canal-treated tooth.

During this [root canal] treatment process he developed a heart infection known as sub-acute bacterial endocarditis.

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