Tongue Thrush
There are three white areas on my tongue that have gotten larger over the last few weeks...?
and I am getting a little nervous about them. I have an appointment in a week and a half to see my Primary Care Dr. About 4-5 weeks ago I tried using a whitening toothpaste...a day later my tongue started to hurt. There were white areas on the sides of my tongue. I realize that it could have been a bit of a burn or reaction to the whitening agent, but when it did not go away, I went to see my Dr. He gave me a liquid anti-fungal rinse, just in case it was thrush, and although the white areas on the sides are not totally gone, it has gotten better. While this was going on, 3 white patches on the top of my tongue became noticeable to me. The Dr. (at that same appointment) said that he could not see anything abnormal. These patches have grown quite a bit over the last few weeks, and are beginning to hurt a little. Any ideas of what this might be? I am generally healthy - and have never had anything like this before!!! Here is a photo: http://i640.photobucket.com/albums/uu123/ny1111/IMG_0591_edited.jpg Thanks!
Public Comments
- I saw an Oprah about this where a chef had something similar and it was cancer even though he was young. but because he was so young everyone said it was nothing until it was too late to save his tongue. Now I'm NOT saying this is cancer, obviously I couldn't know that, but really make sure someone give you a straight answer about what is going on. Even if you have to see more than one doc. because your mouth can say a lot about your overall health.
