xfilme
10-02-09, 21:23
Ive been worried about my tongue for a while because it is looking white and furry and I have a sensation at the back like ive been eating sand. My doc told me it was mild tonsillitis. I have no tonsillitis symptoms. No sore throat, no swelling on the tonsils, no flu etc... I called NHS direct and told them I was concerned as the doc didn't prescribe me anything and I could feel a swelling at the back of my tongue on the lingual tonsils that cover the back of your tongue, behind your taste buds. It made it feel like I had a lump of food stuck there that I couldnt swallow. NHS direct thought it sounded more like Oral thrush. She said its usually due to antibiotics. I had antibiotics at the end of dec for a week. I also did a day of antibiotics a week or two before that but it caused a bad skin reaction which made me have to stop them. I recall having the weird sensation on my tongue since then. I became paranoid when sticking my tongue out in front of the mirror because one of the lingual tonsils on my tongue (either side at the far back) stuck out more than the one on the other side. I panicked and started prodding it. Then I got Listerine and used it twice a day for a week..... which I have since found out turns it into a breeding ground for yeast.... so DONT do it anybody! Ive started Oral thrush treatment in the form of Nystatin Oral Suspension, but it feels really uncomfortable when ever I use it. I am now really frightened I might have mouth cancer... because I can still see a swollen lingual tonsil on the side of my tongue that feels uncomfortable, but I cant see any thrush covering it. Could the tonsil be uncomfortable from thrush even though it is not visibly covering it. I cannot see the lingual tonsils right at the back of my tongue so I have no way of comparing. I presume the tingling is from the Nyststin doing its work on clearing it.... but I'm scared its not. Can anyone who has had oral thrush put my mind at rest as to what it feels like after applying a treatment?