I had an emergency root canal last Wednesday morning as part of my tooth fell off, so not because of an infection (there was no pain before at all). They did the first part of the root canal and put a temporary filling on it, which feels as though it has hardened/settled well. I'm going back for the next step in another three weeks.
For the past few days I've had a sort of nagging toothache on that side of my mouth. I'm pregnant so can't take ibuprofen and paracetamol isn't really helping. It's not a pain so much as an ache, and the tooth has no sensitivity to hot or cold, no pain when I bite on it etc, and it's not a pain so much as a sort of dull throb. Little bit of occasional earache too.
I do suffer a lot from sinus issues and they feel flared up at the moment with the start of hayfever season. I have a steroid nasal spray which I've just started and have talked to the GP about what antihistamines I can take too, which I'll start today. Normally I would use ibuprofen to calm the flare up for a few days, but obviously that's out of the question. I know I have had what felt like toothache before when my sinuses have been bad.
Does anyone know if it is morely likely that inflamed sinuses are hitting the root canal and making it feel worse, or does this sound like something has done wrong? I've never had 'proper' toothache before and OH has told me if it really was infected, I'd know about it. But this is annoying and I obviously can't take too much paracetamol, and certainly not for the next few weeks. Should I spend a few days hoping my sinuses calm down and hopefully that might fix it?