Can a prolonged tooth infection cause liver damage?  The reason I ask is I have recently developed a band of red on the right side of my stomach that is hot to touch, but have no other symptoms other than an infected tooth (3 weeks infected, now taking amoxicillin).
Hello and thank you for asking Chat Doctor. I have read your symptoms and I understand your concerns. I don't think that the infection of your tooth damaged your liver. The liver can be damaged by an infection, but it needs to be spread all over the body, (we call it sepsis) and the patient would be in serious conditions and have a lot of other symptoms, like low blood pressure, high fever, polipnea etc, this is not in your case. In your case, the red band on the right side of your stomach that is hot to touch, is probably skin rash that is caused by the varicella zoster virus or cellulitis or some other skin infection. Starting antiviral medicine right away can help your rash heal faster and be less painful, and you can use ibuprofen for the pain (for varicella zoster, or antibiotics for cellulitis ex). I suggest you check up with your family doctor to see the red band that you describe, and if its from varicella zoster/cellulitis, he will give you the prescription with antivirals/antibiotics and some pain reviler. If you have any other question, feel free to contact me. Chat Doctor.