Medically reviewed by Jordana Haber Hazan, MD Ludwig angina occurs when a bacterial infection in your teeth or jaw causes symptoms like tongue swelling, tooth pain, neck pain, and difficulty breathing ...

A mom went into anaphylactic shock from the contrast dye used in her CT scan, causing her to die within 90 minutes of its ...

Leigh Rodgers, 34, had been suffering from toothache but was unable to get a dentist appointment before she was rushed to ...

A 34 year-old woman tragically died from a rare allergic reaction after being rushed to hospital due to severe toothache.

A MUM died from a rare allergic reaction after she was rushed to hospital with toothache – following weeks of trying get a dental appointment. Leigh Rodgers, a 34-year-old kitchen designer ...

Leigh Rodgers, 34, had been suffering from a toothache, which spread to the neck and chest, for around two weeks and was ...

A woman died from a rare allergic reaction after she was rushed to hospital with toothache - following weeks of not being ...

Leigh Rodgers, 34, had been suffering from a painful toothache, which spread to the neck and chest, for around two weeks. She ...

The delay meant the pain had spread to her neck and chest, leading doctors to suspect she may be suffering Ludwig's angina — a life-threatening bacterial infection which can be caused by a tooth ...

It was decided Ms Rodgers needed a CT scan of her neck and thorax to rule out the presence of Ludwig's angina, a rare, life-threatening bacterial infection that can be caused by a tooth infection.

Doctors thought the mom from County Durham, England, had Ludwig’s angina — which the Cleveland Clinic explains is a life-threatening bacterial infection, commonly caused by an abscessed tooth.