I will be having my 4th tooth removed on Friday since 2005, as having virtually no use of my hands for 2 1/2 years wreaked havoc with my teeth.I have not had any problems like this, maybe you should call your dentist or oral surgeon?

Yep – for a couple of years.

If you go back to some of the old posts, we talked about which novocane to get. A little late now, but for future use. I remember it is the one that does not last as long as the regular one they use. But your poor mouth had major trauma…..give it love and time.

I had freezing for a filling and the freezing had lasted a day and a half. The next visit to dentist, I had discussed the problem with the dentist. Happy to report the freezing did not last as long.

so sorry about the late response….. have not been feeling well……
as for the fuzziness, no longer. I had been to the dentist the same week and when the dentist used freezing, It was much better. I had a root canal and had little irritation. All is well.

Dear Jessicah,

Most dentist use Lidocaine. Immune-mediated inflammatory neurological disorders are characterized by demyelination, axonal damage and the occurrence of soluble anti-excitatory factors in serum or cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). A combination of these three pathological changes may be the cause of impaired axonal impulse conduction and neurological symptoms. Evidence of a sodium-channel-blocking factor [i.e. Lidocaine] is based on the investigation of CSF from many patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP).

See [url]http://www.nature.com/nm/journal/v6/n7/full/nm0700_808.html[/url]

You can log in and read more at this link which I recommend you do.

You should print the article and give it to your [B][U]dentist[/U][/B] and neurologist.

Best regards.

Jethro

Jessica,
We have no choice when Kev gets an ingrown toe nail episode, we get 3 shots in the toe. In addition, when we had the port we had twighlight but lidocaine as a local in the incision area. When you had your spinal they used lidocaine as well. If you search the archives you will find info on it, there were many threads on it. I too was freaked out because of reading the info but what else could we do. If there is another option obviously try it. I am not looking forward to wisdom tooth extraction for Kev.

Jessicah,
I had a root canal and a crown done a year after I had GBS the second time. I found out the type of anesthetic I needed -it is the kind that does not last as long as the other one. I could call the endodontist if you need to know before May 13 when I go back to my regular dentist for a cleaning. I prayed and crossed my fingers the whole time I had the root canal. After an hour and a half,the endodontist said I would have to come back for a second session!! I panicked…go through this again??? It was a molar…why didn’t he tell me this was a possibiity when I made the appt. I had to rent a car and drive over an hour to get there. But the worst part was worrying if it would exacerbate the GBS. Plus I do not have friends or relatives up here is PA. That makes a big difference in dealing with it. GBS has wounded us physically emotionally, and spiritually. Since you had a mild case of GBS, I bet you will be okay…
I had a root canal dentist in Tampa who looked just like a younger Tom Sellick, wore saddle shoes, dressed like a preppy, and was so gentle…

Duh, I forgot to include that nothing happened. When you had your spinal, did you feel like things got worse? I don’t remember the exact drug, but I asked the podiatrist/orthopedic doc when he did the toes about the lidocaine and he said it was an older drug that had lidocaine in it, but that it was the part that was not lidocaine. We have had at least a dozen lidocaines with no problems. If money is not an issue maybe you could go to an oral surgeon and get the twighlight, or gas is another option. Good luck!

Jessicah,

Ask the doctor about an anesthetic WITH OUT vasopressors, and explain that you have had Guillain-Barre syndrome. He should understand.

Warmest regards.

Jethro

Jessicah,

In addition to the above, here is another web link with the information from the link:

[url]http://www.nature.com/cgi-taf/DynaPage.taf?file=//nm/journal/v6/n7/abs/nm0700_808.html&filetype=[/url]

Article

Nature Medicine 6, 808 – 811 (2000)
doi:10.1038/77543

An endogenous pentapeptide acting as a sodium channel blocker in inflammatory autoimmune disorders of the central nervous system
Heinrich Brinkmeier, Peter Aulkemeyer, Kurt H. Wollinsky & Reinhardt Rüdel

Department of General Physiology, University of Ulm , D-89069 Ulm, Germany

Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Rehabilitation Hospital Ulm, Oberer Eselsberg, D-89081 Ulm, Germany

Correspondence should be addressed to Reinhardt Rüdel [email]reinhardt.rudel@medizin.uni-ulm.de[/email]

Reversible blockade of sodium channels by endogenous substances has been claimed to account for the fast exacerbations and relapses commonly seen in demyelinating autoimmune diseases. Evidence has been provided that in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with multiple sclerosis or Guillain-Barré syndrome, a sodium-channel-blocking factor exists that has properties of local anesthetic agents. This factor could contribute to the nerve conduction block and paresis seen in these disorders. We describe here a previously unknown endogenous substance in human cerebrospinal fluid with distinct channel-blocking properties even at very low (0.00001 M) concentrations. The pentapeptide with the sequence Gln-Tyr-Asn-Ala-Asp exerted its blocking action by shifting the steady-state inactivation curve of the sodium channels to more-negative potentials, as most local anesthetics do. In the cerebrospinal fluid of healthy individuals, its concentration was about 3uM, whereas in patients with multiple sclerosis and Guillain-Barré syndrome, it increased 300−1,400%. At these concentrations, the peptide’s blocking efficacy was higher than that of 50uM lidocaine. At a concentration of 10uM, lidocaine is able to ‘unmask’ subclinical lesions in multiple sclerosis; thus, the endogenous pentapeptide may well contribute to the fast changes of symptoms. Furthermore, it may become valuable as a marker of disease activity.

Best regards.

Jethro

Thank you for the information! I will be getting a tooth pulled on May 12, 2010. This information will be printed and sent to my dentist. GBS has a lot of ups and downs. Thank you for all your information on everything.