Could Root Canal Treatment Cause Gout, Depression and Other Health Problems???

Dear greengal, I hope you do some more research - there might be much more information than I have found about this.

Well, dead material attracts bacteria and it is the toxins produced by the bacteria that can cause all these problems unless our immunity is very high.

If it is high, then the infections stay around the roots and the symptoms also stay there.

At least it is possible to get healthier when we extract those teeth. I hope to get rid of the eye infection and sinus problems when I take out the dead teeth on the same side.

Thanks for your comment cherbe, I hope you find an article - there must be some information somewhere - Google search gave 176 results on rootcanaltreatment and there are other search engines as well.
Just take care of your teeth so you don´t need to even decide if to choose root canal treatment.

I know it is not an easy desicion just to take away teeth, and of course depressin can be caused by a lot of things.
I have got help from omega3, one of the most important brain foods we can find but health is built from so many things and positive thinking is one of the most important.

Thank you for your contribution to this discussion, there are so many factors that we "ordinary" people are not aware of but may learn a little at a time.

I hope I didn't offend, I re-read my post and thought it could have been misconstrued that I was too forward, apologies if this is so. I am not a physician. I've spent the last 10 years undoing stress in my body and consequently have gained allot of vision. Have read lots and found ways of experiencing what's going on inside me. I totally believe that thoughts create our reality - that's what got me 'twisted' up in the first place. With the help of meditation, cultivation of life force and now diet I'm moving forward. I am an ordinary person, would like to be extraordinary though!

Take care and buenavida.

No problem, all opinions help to build the whole picture and I think we are just scratching the surface.
I wish the authorities would take some interest in this huge problem that so many suffer from.
But like many other things we often have to do research on our own.
There must be a lot of experience among people about root canal treatment and what happened when they took away these teeth and we can only hope that some share their knowledge with us.

you need to read the work of George E Meing, his book root canal cover up and the work of western price. both look at the affect of root cancals on the whole body and the diseases it can cause the books are in english. good luck

Thanks for the info, I will have to make more research - It is important to know if this affects the health and how much..

I suffer from gout & have done since I was 32,I am now 57, When I was 15 my front teeth were smashed in a hockey game! The result has been a lifetime of dental treatment,with the roots of the teeth being drilled out,crowns fitted & when they failed,a bridge fitted. I have suffered numerous abcesses,a great deal of pain & numerous gout attacks.
I am now suffering a prolonged attack,some 7 weeks & in my desperation to find a solution visited my dentist,who told me I have an infection in my front teeth. I conclude that having tried every conventional cure & recently chinese acupuncture with herbal detox,that my problem is related to the toxins created by my root canaled teeth.I have been visited by depression during this period,but am lucky in that forcing myself to exercise & meditate I am able to overcome this for most of the time.
I am a normally healthy fit person and my work as a gardener helps maintain this.
But despite this I have to admit a fairly common male trait,that of not taking a balanced view of my health in all areas including & especially dental care.I am truly grateful to the contributors of this site in helping me realize where my condition comes from & urge all visitors to take better care of their health,both physical & mental,they are connected & directly related to our self esteem or lack of.Once again Thankyou & I hope this is of some use to readers.

Nigel Hawkins

Thanks, Nigel for your response. I do hope you find a solution to your health problem.
I got much better when I let the dentist take away one of my root canal treated teeth. It was infected and might have been that for a long time, even years.
My eye infection that I used to have, is gone for now, I hope it stays away..
I have some great food supplements (GNLD) that boost my immune system and that has probably helped a lot too.
Two of the most important things to keep healthy is to take away as much stress as possible from our lives ans use the right fats that make our cell membrane so soft that it is possible for the nutrition and oxygen to come in and the waist come out. That is what happens in a healthy cell.