Epididymitis infection along with roof of mouth infection?

Question

Hi,I was diagnosed with epididymitis in october of 2004.Before
my symptons were full blown a bad taste came over my mouth
within a 24 hr period in increments.A few days later I decided
to examine my mouth and saw little tiny bumps in the middle
roof palate of mouth extendind to the back.I ran my tongue across
the surface and it felt bumpy like sandpaper.the problem I am concerned with is the roof of mouth
infection has not cleared up and the bad taste is still there.I
have bad breath that can be smelled even if I am not talking
and when i do it can be detected several feet away.I been
to my dental specialist and my mouth is fine.my physician
also prescribed zyrtec for nasal drip and told me all this
would clear up but it has'nt.He also told me that the roof
of my mouth is suppose to feel rough and I kindly disagree.
The roof of my mouth has always been smooth and pink.
what is this and is it related to my bad breath?

Answer 1

I'm sorry to hear about your trouble but when you ask "what is this?", you're asking for a diagnosis. Only a licensed physician, nurse practitioner or physician assistant who has examined you in person can make a diagnosis. If anyone here offers one, ignore it. Your dentist (what's a dental specialist???) says your mouth is fine, your doctor says your mouth is fine. But if you truly feel that something is wrong, return to your doctor. You're not the first this has happened to - bumps on palate. By any chance did you take Doxycyline?

Answer 2

I'm not a doctor so I can't tell you what's wrong, I can suggest a few things. What tests has the doctor and dentist done? Did they do a blood work up to check things out? Maybe your mouth hasn't healed because you have something going on like diabetes, diabetics don't heal well or fast. Plus they need to check your white count to see if there is anything going on, white count usually is a factor in deciding infections. What about teeth? Did you have a full mouth xray? It could be that there is a hidden infection in a tooth.

My story is: last fall I had bumps in my mouth, all cleared with gargling with listerine, swishing with zinc and hydrogen peroxide but 1 about the size of a popcorn kernal unpopped. It itched and ached and I had bad breath. I went to the dr in Jan who said local infection, zithromax was given, no change. I then went to a dentist in March and asked, they said no clue, nothing showed on xray. I went again in April as it was the size of a pea now, they xrayed said it was probably a tooth couldn't do anything until the tooth ached. I was mad and found another dds who did xray and said she thought it was #14 tooth but to evaluate with a specialist, and oral surgeon. I found another dentist that xrayed it and blew it up to the size of a tv screen and it showed massive infection in the tooth. He did a root canal but can't close the tooth yet as the infection is so bad that it went into the roof of my mouth and that has to drain out, a month of antibiotics!

So on my experience with doctors and dentists, I would get another opinion and ask for blood work, dental xrays, and if need be, to swab the area to culture it.

PS until you decide what to do, swish with listerine, salt water, and stuff called Prevention, it can be bought at a drug store it's hydrogen peroxide and zinc and was recommended to me to help kill bacteria in the mouth.