Went to the dentist today after having severe pain in one of my molars on the upper right side. Turns out I have a dead tooth, also known as an abscessed tooth. My dentist gave me novacaine and drilled a hole in the tooth to let the pus out and then gave it a temporary filling until I get a root canal done. Until then I got an antibiotic which I wasn’t planning to take until after my run. Not only have I had unbearable tooth pain that comes in gos (worst at night), just yesterday I started feeling a bit unwell.
Today and yesterday I have had the chills and that general feeling of being unwell. I don’t think I have a fever as my head doesn’t feel hot at all. I am getting my root canal tomorrow at 2:30 in the afternoon and was wondering if I should run today. I am in the middle of my base phase and coming off a down week. I took yesterday off (it was my planned rest day), and still debating whether I should get in an easy run today of about 30-40 minutes and the. Another run before my root canal which isn’t until 2:30 in the afternoon.
My dentist said that he’s fine with me running today but I’m still not sure if I should. Im not feeling any pain in my tooth at the moment but I am feeling generally pretty chilly. I don’t want to take time off running but it would be far worse if I went for a run and the abscess got worse.
Please respond if you have had a similar experience as I do understand tooth abscesses can be fatal if the infection spreads to the heart.