Question: So I have had this ongoing tongue issue for 6 months now and I cant seem to figure out what it is. Ive been to 4 dentist and one oral surgeon. Basically I have been having a burning,numbing sensation on both sides of my tongue. The last dentist I went to did a Velscope exam and one area of the tongue tested positive (the left side of the tongue) for Cellular changes. He told me it could be nothing but sent me to a oral surgeon because he knows how stressed I am over it. This was about a month ago. I went to the oral surgeon the same day and he looked at the spot and said there is nothing there. He also did an exam and said there is nothing serious going on to not worry. He did tell me I had a fungal infection (Not thrush) and prescribed me Mycelex for ten days. He also told me the area that showed up positive had no fungal growth on it so he suspected geographic tongue as well. The Oral surgeon told me that the Velscope is garbage and has a high false positive result. So I left his office and called my dentist to update him. He then called the oral surgeon and they discussed. The oral surgeon called me last week just to do a follow up with me and had me come in. He looked at my tongue and said he still sees nothing, however he was going to do a biopsy of the area that my dentist had concern over just to make the dentist happy. He told me he was 99.9% positive its nothing. Well its been 9 days and the result from the biopsy is not in yet. So I have been stressing so hard over this the past 6 months that Ive lost 40 pounds. Also when I was at the oral surgeon for my biopsy I had little white sores on the tip of my tongue and on the oposite side of the biopsy site. About 5 sores. They start out really small with a white outlining and in a matter of 2 days they grow larger then on day 3 they were gone. Then the very next day they started out again small and grew large again and went away 3 days later. I had them when I was in the office with the oral surgeon and he said they are cankor sores and I need to stop stressing. Well they keep coming back over and over (I am on my 4th round of them in 18 days). They keep coming and going. those areas did not show up in the velscope when my dentist originally looked. Also the past two days my saliva glands are swollen and hard as a rock. Both the two under my jaw on each side. I keep poking and prodding that area the past week looking for lumps because I freaking out so maybe I caused them to swell. My mouth is super dry from it. I also noticed that since my glands started to swell two days ago that the original feeling I have been having on the sides of my tongue got worse so maybe those two are connected and have been this whole time. Sorry for the long winded explanation but I wanted to give you as much details as possible. I also chewed tobacco for 10 years but I quit 6 months ago. So my questions are
Do you have any thoughts on what is causing my tongue discomfort?
could my tongue discomfort be linked to my saliva glands?
Could my saliva glands be swollen because I keep poking them and feeling them?
and why do I keep getting these sores on my tongue that keep coming and going?

Thanks

Thank you, it makes me feel a lot better. I never used to be like this and for what ever reason I cant seem to shake this mentally. Its been on going for 6 months and its to the point where its driving me crazy, ya know. I have an appointment with the oral surgeon tomorrow to look at my glands. Its the saliva glands that are swollen (I think). I can feel my lymph nodes and always have been able to and they have not changed in size at all. Hopefully he will have my report from my biopsy by tomorrow. He did tell me that if the biopsy was something serious that they would have already gotten back to him.

it does, I honestly feel better already. I appreciate that I got you again.. I will get back to you tomorrow

So I went to the oral Surgeon and it turned out to be a callus on the tongue. Thats what he called it. I dont know the exact name that he called it but I think he said Hyperkeratosis with acanthosis. He told me he sees it all the time and its caused by stress in my case. Clinching my jaw and continuously pressing my tongue forward against it. The sores he said were from stress as well. It was a huge relief and by yesterday the sores were gone and most of the pain was gone as well. I appreciate the help

I appreciate it. I think it was a huge relief getting the results and talking to you. How long before all these cankor sores stop coming and going. I feel pretty good now, however I keet getting the exact same cankor sores in the exact same spot and my tongue is always hurting. Its only been a week since I got the results and the stress has gone way down. These sores are really annoying. The come and go every 2 or 3 days. The oral surgeon did prescribe me a anti-inflammatory mouth wash called dexamethasone. I have not started taking it yet because I was hoping that because I am not as stressed over this issue that they would just stop. It did get better for a couple days and then 2 days ago they came back. Is dexamethasone a good prescription to help with this?

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can I take the vitamin B in a pill form? or is it in a mouth rinse form?

thank you