Bacteremia and: Eventual septicemia are potential consequences, although septicemia is quite rare from an odontogenic abscess. Signs & symptoms of bacteremia and "beyond" would be fever, chills, nausea, vomiting, body aches, feeling of malaise and lethargy, disorientation, tachypnea, tachycardia, hypotension, shock and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome/ failure. Don't wait for symptoms - please get treatment.
Answered 11/7/2016
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No...: I think you meant a spread of infection from a localized abscess to become systemic through circulation. The incidence is very rare but it could happen. You would have fever or chill, feeling sick or malaise, and with blood test there would be a raise in white blood cell. Check up with your doctor. Relax and do not over worrying!
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