About a week ago I started getting a sore
throat. I woke up one morning and had
white patches (actually perfectly round
little circles) on my uvula and the sides
of my throat where my tonsils used to be.
I began running a low grade fever and over
the next couple of days my throat got
worse. The white patches spread to my soft
palate and to the back of my throat. I
have a supressed immune system because of
Leukemia so I did'nt know if I actually
had Strep or a yeast infection. Just in
case I started using nystatin swish and
swallow. It hasnt seemed to make a
differance. My mouth has gotten more and
more sore. The white patches turned to
angry red ones and spread accross the roof
of my mouth. My throat felt swollen and
sore down in it and I had trouble
sleeping. Now my tongue is involved and is
so sore, burning constantly even when I am
not eating. Tonight I looked in the mirror
at it and my mouth, my tongue is swollen
and an angry red, the roof of my mouth now
has like white streaks running across it
(looks like scar tissue from a burn). My
throat is still uncomfortable though not
truly sore anymore. The lymph nodes down
both sides of my neck have been swollen
and very tender all week. Yesterday I woke
up and under my chin on the right side
there was a bulge like it was swollen,
there is a hard knott there the size of a
grape but it is not tender. But when I
press on it, it does hurt up under my
tongue. My tongue hurts so bad I cant
hardly stand it. Can yeast cause all of
this?
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^Serenity^
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Posted: 02-20-08 12:29pm
It sounds like either a yeast infection
(thrush) or canker sores.
There's a mouthwash that the doctor can
order at the pharmacy for the pain it's
called Miracle Mouthwash..it contains
lidocaine, Milk of Magnesium and anther
ingredient (I forget which one it is), you
would swish this in your mouth and either
swallow it or spit it out.
It helps coat and numb the areas that the
sores are in.
If it is thrush you need to get nystatin,
it's a purple medication used for thrush.
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mazda1
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Joined: 20 Feb 2008 Posts: 3
Posted: 02-20-08 12:53pm
sounds like it could be oral
candadiasis..a fungal infection of the
mouth. Also have you recieved any
radiotherapy at all?? (im not sure what
treatments are available for leukemia) but
this or indeed some of the medications can
affect salivay glands..decreasing their
function hence the burning feeling in the
mouth and swelling. Low salivary flow
(also known as xerostomia) can lead to
oral candidiasis. Go to your dentist asap
for treatment.
