Tongue Infection w/Symtpoms in Ear Posted: 10-07-07 09:50am
Hi there. About 2 months ago, my boyfriend
was eating potato chips with his lunch. To
his surprise, one of the chips punctured
his tongue. It bled like crazy. It
eventually swelled up and bruised. it was
painful but he dealt with the pain. The
next weekend, we went swimming. he went
under water and noticed pain in his ear
and realized he had an ear infection. Most
likely, it was caused by his tongue
puncture. We were on vacation, so we went
to the nearest emergency room. he was
prescribed antibiotics and we were on our
way. The medicine gave him really bad
headaches. he took them for about two days
and stopped because the headaches were so
bad and his pain went away.
Well, about a week ago, his tongue started
swelling up again and it is painful. No
discoloration though. He went to his
doctor and they prescribed penicillin.
After five days on the medicine, there has
been now change. Tongue is still very
painful and is preventing him from being
able to eat.
What should we do now. We know that he
must finish the medicine but shouldn't he
be feeling some relief by now? Is there
something else we should be doing? He does
have some pain in his ear too so we think
it's an infection but can't figure out why
he is not feeling better yet. Can anybody
help?
