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I am having a very hard time accepting that this is related to diabetes. Is it type 2? Is he over-weight? Does he drink? Is he very old? I know I am making a lot of assumptions based on a short paragraph, but I am going to assume that AT LEAST one of these is true. If so, I would be looking at not drinking and losing weight before looking for a miracle drug. The elderly sometimes do have strange reactions to drugs and diseases (if that is applicable here). Consult an endocrinologist to confirm that this is or is not related to diabetes. I can only imagine it having a connection to side-effects of medication or possibly the effect of diabetes related complications (cardiovascular problems, etc.). I have been diabetic for years and have had many friends and family members who are too. I have NEVER heard of anything like this. I have even personally had local and general anesthetics and had NO diabetes related complications. Those symptoms are actually more reminiscent of high blood glucose. If this diagnosis is truly recent, you need to be monitoring blood glucose at LEAST 8 times a day, even in the middle of the night. Those symptoms upon diagnosis, are, unfortunately, part of the disease for many people. I had them the 2 weeks before I was diagnosed, for a week after, and then again a year later when I became insulin dependent; I wondered if I would die.
If all of my assumptions are false, gas might work, and if your dentists are really that inept, try an oral surgeon. If that fails, tell your dad to be a man and to take it like a man: give him some clear rum and send him in to the dentist.
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