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White tongue

Hi,

On the 15th of Januray I have noticed that I have this white tongue, usually I have a nice pink tongue. I noticed this white tongue because one moning when I woke up I had vey dry mouth so I went to check it in the mirror. Later on I started to have 37.2 degree temperature for 6 days (it was coming back to normal at some parts of the day)
Here is the story On the 24th of december I went to the dentist to have a root canal treatment on one of my tooth and other work was done on my teeth, the dentist prescribed me Dalacin C 300mg for a week in order to avoid any infections. I also have a rotten tooth that also needs a root canal treatment. Recently I went to an ENT doctor who said that on first sight nothing alarming and took a swab sample of the white coating, which came back negative.

I do not know if this is important but 4 months ago I received an unprotected fellatio and all my STD test came back negative.

What can this be? how can I treat it?

Thank you very much for any advice.
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4851940 tn?1515694593
I am sorry to hear that you are scared.

As you are stressed and depressed this will have an impact on your eating habits.  Some people (like myself) when depressed and suffer from stress eat more and gain weight.  Others, like yourself, it affects the appetite and therefore you don't fee like eating.

Please go to see a GP, (hope you have been keeping a food and drink and "how I feel every day" diary), take your notes with you to the doctor so that he will see a pattern of what is going on.

Hopefully he will take a blood sample to check for anaemia, diabetes or other illnesses (depends on what the doctor thinks you may have)  NOTE what I have said "MAY have".  

As you are not experiencing any digestive problems apart from loss of appetite, best to see the GP first, he will then determine whether you need to be examined by a gastroenterologist.

As you have a constantly dry mouth (I have this problem too), drink plenty of water.  Sometimes with a dry mouth (if you are not breathing through an open mouth) can also be from diabetes.

I know you are worried that you have lost this weight because you have not consciously been dieting.  Go to the Doc as explained above, and ask for a blood test for anemia, B12 deficiency and diabetes.

In the meantime, do not eat hot and spicy foods, or fried foods.
Keep up with the good oral hygiene and drink the yogurt and apply the Daktarin (if you read the instructions, it does say to continue for a few days after the symptoms have settled).  When you apply it to yuor mouth, put some in and swish it around your mouth.  Try not to eat or drink too soon afterwards so that the Darktarin stays in your mouth for as long as possible.

Stress and depression is no good for your health, and your doctor should ask you questions with regard to this, as you may need a course of antidepressents (if you are not taking any at the moment).  Don't forget that not all antidepressents suit all people, so it is trial and error getting the right one that suits you.  If you fall rock bottom and lose interest in hygiene and your hobbies for example, it will take up to 3 months for the antidepressants to have any effect.

You need to speak on a one to one basis with your doctor.  Write a list of all your problems and hand that to your doctor (sometimes this is better than talking with him because you may miss something out).  

In the meantime eat foods that contain iron, milk, eggs, meat (for B12) and dark green veg, You can buy B12 sublingual (placed under the tongue), excess B12 in your body will be excreted through the urine.  And multivitamins with iron.  But best to get a blood check with your doctor.

To help with the stress and depression before you  see the doctor, go for walks in the fresh air as well as any form of relaxation you prefer - not sitting in front of a computer or TV.  

Hope you get on alright and that I have given you lots to think about to help you get back on track again.

Best wishes.
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4851940 tn?1515694593
Well as all the tests have come back fine and no probs with the prostate that's good.  Good idea to see the urologist.  He may ask you to do a urine flow test and do further investigation.

If you are anxious and suffering from stress that can make you pee more.  When I used to sing solo on stage, I used to run non-stop for a pee (through nerves).

My hustband had a urine flow test today and that was fine.  The specialist told him that with him having an urge to go to pee a lot that there are medicines for this so that you do not go so frequently.  (I didn't know that before).  I could with some of them too. The annyoying this is when you are busting to go and then go on the loo, you hardly get anything come out.  

Hope yu enjoy yur wine.  I get drunk with one glassful. :)

I will do some calculations another day, as I am very weary and not well myself.  I'll be seeing the doc tomorrow.  

Take care and enjoy whatever you choose to do.

Best wishes.
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hey Jemma thanks for checking uo on me :)

Well for kilo you can easily convert online. I am not really worried about HIV as I have test negative at 8 13 and 14 weeks after an unprotected fellatio.

NSU is non specific urethitis, which includes ureaplasma and mycoplasma. I do not think this is what caused my weight loss. Well I am trying to relax and take over control so I can exclude stress from my weight loss. I am having some wine currently to destress.  But even so I still have this pressure on my urethra like I need to urinate I will ago again to the urologist.

I did a diabetes test and it was normal as well as an ultrasound on the prostate and testicules. which were also normal.

I had done a CBC one the 16 of January and it was normal. and I noticed my tongue around the 15th of january. But anyway i did another blood test.

It is just that my symptoms seems not related, fequent feeling that i need to uinate, loss of appetite and this tongue :s I do not know if they r related
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4851940 tn?1515694593
Hope you have had a good day today and are not stressing yurself out too much.

Best wishes
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4851940 tn?1515694593
The first morning one is best, but if yu have an urinary infection it will show up.  If you are still having problems, yur prostate needs to be checked out.  An inflamed prostate will press on yuur waterwork pipes and cause you to experience frequent urination.  As will diabetes.

The Complete Blood Count checks for levels of haemoglobin, this will tell you if you are anaemic or not.  A full blood count will not test for diabetes nor for thyroid problems.  

What is NSU?

I don't understnad much about kilos.  I know that 1 kilo is just over 2 pounds.  I am not much up on cm either.  I do know that 1 metre measures 39 inches which is 1 foot and 3 inches (36 inches measures 1 foot).

The young kids at school now learn about metres and kilos, but these metric measurements were just coming in when I left school.  My parents understand litres, metres and kilos because they are from the continent and not the UK originally.

I don't know what ureaplasma and mycoplasma are either.  Are you concerned that with your loss of weight and the other problems and the unprotected thing that you may be HIV?

I have a nephew who is HIV positive.  As I understand from my sister-in-law, people with HIV have a compromised immune system.

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I measure 1.73 cm. i also think a kidney test would be more appropriate. I don't know all this is really weird.
I did Two urine tests and analysis and they came back normal. but the urine take was not the first urine in the morning. i think I will do another one and have my morning urine analysed.

I want also to test for NSU and ureaplasma and mycoplasma
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thx for your reply.

CBC is a complete blood count. i also did another oral swab for bacteria and fungus to rule out completely candida, as the first test was negative.

my tooth is still not done :s i will visit a dentist/oal pathologist this saturday.

for my weight it is in kilograms on the 15 of january I was 76.5 Kilograms and on the 26th of March 75,4 and today 73,4. I will try to eat more as I was not eating very much lately but still not to the point to lose 2 kilos in one week
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