several painful white sores on tongue.?

Question

Has anyone ever gotten this? It comes and goes. It makes food taste weird, too.

Answer 1

White tongue

White spots and patches or coating of the tongue are a symptom of several medical conditions:

* Antibiotics side effect
* Oral candidiasis (thrush) - whitish patches
* Debauch
* Leukoplakia
* Keratosis pharyngis
* "Lie Bumps" - small white dots usually on tip of tongue
caused by trauma to the taste buds (like something too
acidic,eg sour patches was mentioned often.)

Google these and see if any of the images look like what you have. good luck!

Answer 2

Hard to tell what you have because you didn't explain what the sores look like. If sores are kind of white patches, that could be thrush. Thrush is a fungal infection. People with compromised immune systems are especially prone to thrush after they have taken a course of antiobiotics. Use non-alchololic mouthwash like Biotene or Prevention. Eat yogurt with active cultures and hold it in your mouth for while. Keep you teeth clean and flossed. If it is thrush and continues, see your dentist or doctor. They can prescribe Nystatin which you rinse and spit. In worse case, they will prescribe Diflucan tablets. Babies sometimes get it when they come out of the birth canal. It is much like a vaginal yeast infection. Diflucan cures both.

Answer 3

would really need a little better description to know for sure, but probably yeast infection or thrush

Answer 4

vitamin b12 deficiency. truly