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A member asked:

I have lupus. yesterday i went to the dentist for an extraction on a decayed and infected tooth. today my pain is very severe ?

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Dr. Edgar Mendizabal answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

If pain is no better: there might be an abscess. Unrelated to SLE

Answered 1/15/2016

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