Hello,
I am wondering if anyone has heard of a tooth cavity/dental infection causing a spinal infection?
I have a cracked wisdom tooth that appears to have a cavity in it and about a month or two after this happened I was diagnosed with a spinal epidural abscess. I had to have surgery and several months of rehabilitation to recover from the compression on my spinal cord.
I talked to an infectious disease specialist to try and pinpoint a cause for the abscess but he did not think the tooth had anything to do with it. The infection was found to be Group B Strep if that gives any clue.
Now that I am getting much better after my surgery I am going to have the tooth taken care of but I just wanted to know if it could possibly be the culprit for this whole situation (despite what the ID doc thinks). Thanks to anyone who can help!