3. Anti-inflammatories
You should definitely take some over-the-counter anti-inflammatories if you want to reduce the amount of discomfort that you’re feeling and get the swelling down on your gums. The swelling in your gums comes from inflammation.
That is the reason that you feel pain and the reason that your gums look inflamed. But the whole purpose of an anti-inflammatory is to reduce that swelling. There are several different anti-inflammatories out on the market these days including ibuprofen and naproxen.
However, you do not have to rely on over-the-counter medication if you do not want to. You can look up some natural remedies that are also anti-inflammatories and use them with the same effect as this medication. Not every natural remedy works as well as ibuprofen or naproxen, but most of them are really effective and they are based on things that you can find around your own home.