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Dental Health (Expert Forum)
numbness in mouth :(
Answered by
Jerome Bogin, D.D.S. - Dental
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numbness in mouth :(
by zappyisfun, Dec 15, 2005 12:00AM
hello for about a week mayb my tongue and throat has been getting numb (not so numb that i cant talk or feel) but it gets tingly and stuff. happens all day and just about today my mouth started getting a numb feeling and it is scaring me i went to the doctors they did a chest xray on me and checked my mouth and said nothing is wrong its just my anxiety but for a week?! she gave me a antibiotic and im taking it but it just started so i dont know how well its doing what im asking if do you think i could have oral cancer? or any other kind of cancer? there are like white things on my tongue near the back...its not patches i dont think its just like a layer of white stuff that i can scrub off kinda
Doctor's Answer
by Jerome Bogin, D.D.S. , Dec 15, 2005 12:00AM
, Dec 15, 2005 12:00AM
I do not know if you are on any medications that might cause the numbness, but I doubt that you have oral cancer. But that being the case I strongly recommend that you see an oral surgeon for an exam.
