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Glossitis since November 2011 and it won't go away.

Posted: Jul 29, 2012

I've been suffering with glossitis since before I had my baby back in November of 2011. It comes and goes but it's starting to really piss me off because it smarts like heck. After suffering with it for 6 months and having no home remedies cure it, I finally went to my PCP. She was like, "Yep, it's glossitis. I don't know why you have it, but you do. You can try Mylanta and rinsing your mouth with it and if it doesn't help, call me." So, of course it didn't help and I call her and she wants to see me back, to the tune of some more $$ for useless lip service.

She ran a CBC, CMP, and B12--all came back normal.

I've changed my diet--reduced sugar intake by more than half, stopped eating bread products, stopped eating dairy and going raw--NOTHING. No change.

I've even gone to the dentist (which I haven't been to a dentist since I was about 10 years old and I'm 40 now!) and had dental work done hoping that was causing a ruckus in my mouth, but it hasn't helped either.

I know some of you guys hear things through doing your work...anyone ever hear of this crapola and maybe have advice on what I can do, if anything? I'm rapidly running out of money to get this fixed and I'm worried about it going malignant if it continues. It feels like 1/3 of my tongue (from the tip of my mouth back) is constantly being burned and it's a major weenie shrinker.

Thanks for reading and I look forward to any advice.

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are you taking any medications? - anon

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Have you looked it up on the internet? Maybe you have a medication reaction. I found looking things up on the net gave me some good answers. hope you are feeling well.

Thanks for the ideas! - Hayseed

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Absolutely no changes/additions in meds. I'm only taking prenatal vitamins anyway, and I've done several-week trials of excluding different foods just in case something weird was going on there. Nothing.

I finally broke down and saw a new PCP. She prescribed me some oral steroid to put on my tongue. She was an older lady who said she has never seen glossitis that didn't resolve on it's own, certainly never lasted almost a year, so she was uncertain what to do either. Anyway, this tube of crap called "Kenalog in Orabase" is a teeny tiny tube (even smaller than what eye ointment comes in) and it cost me $80!! I nearly passed out when the poor pharmacist told me that. Apparently, there are no generics available, so they rake ya over the coals if you have no insurance. Yay.

So, I'll give this stuff a go and hope it works. Otherwise, no idea. I just hope it's not a sign of something more insidious.

Thanks for your response anon!

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