I am DESPERATE for a resolution to this. I'm supposed to cycle back to the states to get married in two months, please help me get rid of this before then!!! I have tried everything I can possibly think of and it just won't go away!!!
About 8 months ago, I started to develop tonsiliths. I was self-treating them by squeezing them out with a q-tip and rinsing with Listerine... maybe using Listerine too often, I don't know.
The tonsiliths went away within a week of treatment.
Shortly after, I started noticing an irritated spot on each side of my tongue, near the rear of my mouth where my tongue rubs against my teeth. The spots started as a tiny white dot, then when I brushed, the white covering rubbed off and it was a small red, irritated spot with a thin white ring around it. The white ring expanded and expanded until it faded away. But by the time it faded, a new white spot had already formed at the same place the old one started... this continued for months.
About 6 months ago, I went to a doctor regarding 2 irritating, small, thin white patches on the sides of my tongue (where my teeth touch my tongue) near the back of my mouth.
At this time, I asked the doctor to test me for all STDs & Diabetes - all tests came back negative. I also had a CBC done, and there was nothing out of the ordinary.
I told the doc that I thought it was an early thrush infection. He disregarded it.
About 2 months later, another doc put me on antibiotics for several weeks. It was at this time that my small case of thrush became a full blown monster.
Since then, I have been on ketoconazole 3x, I am currently finishing my 3rd cycle that has lasted nearly 1 month. I have gone through 2x 10day nystatin suspension every 4-6 hours (while on ketoconazole). I started taking acidophillus pills, garlic pills, apple cider vinegar pills, rinsing with organic apple cider vinegar. I take a probiotic mint twice each day after brushing my teeth. I take a vitamin D supplement every 3 days. I am currently on day 4 of applying Gentian Violet 3x daily (when I wake up, after lunch, and before bed). For the last 2 months, I have eaten nothing but grilled chicken, beef, or turkey and cucumbers and/or broccoli with water.
Everything I try just seems to suppress it (if that), but not make it disappear... please note that it has never gone away completely, it always comes back.
I rub the white coating away, and it just comes back an hour later...