anyone please answer

[Jaguar83]

Dude....my tongue was the SAME way. It has since gotten a ton better. Is it from HIV? We'll wait and see (although I've got a neg test or 2).  I doubt yours is though. What's your risk, Tucker? Have ya tested yet? Come join the fun...

Is thrush and geographic tongue the same thing?  Are they both associated with HIV infection or one more than the other?  My tongue is missing some of the "filiform" tastebuds.  They are the ones that are a little whitish and longer.  Some spots on my tongue are missing them. I am scared. I think I may have geographic tongue but am not sure.  Can someone help?

[tucker 22]

my risk was unprotected vaginal.  It was like 9 months ago and i was tested at 15 weeks, negative.  Now it is like many months later and I am noticing it.  I was on a few antobiotics for an animal bite, too.  It was after I finished them that i noticed my tongue like this.  I hope Im ok....

[Jaguar83]

Dude, I'm in the same boat (although not vag, just oral). 15 weeks neg...you're straight. That makes me feel better about mine, hah! Good luck, man, you're cool. Test again if ya want, ain't gonna change.

[bigdummy]

you have a 15wk neg, and still stressed?

[tucker 22]

yes I am still stressed b/c I cant figure out why all of a sudden i got this tongue thing going on...there is no legitament reason for it b/c i never had a problem like this before. Then I thought of my unprotected exposure.  What else causes geographic tongue??

[Jaguar83]

Dude...see my reply.

[bigdummy]

You could have had a tooth condition that came up you don't realise. You have a 15wk neg. Thats more than 3 months.

[Jaguar83]

Damn, 3 'dudes'...I sound like souch a pothead. Anyways, they say there is usually no known cause of it. Teak says he's never seen it in early HIV infection and only in people with the disease for a while.I've been brushing my tongue 3x a day (every meal), using dental floss more, rinsing with salt water and with a diluted hydrogen peroxide mix...seems to be working.

[Jaguar83]

I hate tongues. Mine decided to lick a hooker's cl!t. It also started losing patches. And it talks back to people. F_ck tongues, I say.

[macgyver16]

Dont panick, what you have is called a thrush, caused by candidi, now you mentioned you are on antibiotics, this can be secondary to broad spectrum antibiotic use... now go to a doctor and he will prescribe you of an antifungal preparation ... you are negative

[farfromperfect]

Geo tongue is not associated with any disease.  It just means that some of your buds got scraped off or something like that.  Thrush is not the same as g tongue.  Thrush is yummy cottage cheese looking sh!t on your tongue that you can scrape off usually leaving behind a little bit of bleeding.  Thrush is seen in later stage hiv not new infections (or atleast that is the consensus on here), and it can also be caused by antibiotics as well as a hundred and twelve million other things much more common that hiv.  

[bigdummy]

A tooth infection can cause many illnesses in the body, if it's not treated. Its and infection that can effect your tongue and other parts of the body if given time.

[Jaguar83]

Hey, MacGyver, you're wrong.

GeoTongue has NOTHING to do with thrush (or fungus). They could get confusing if you have erysthmatous (sp?) candiasis (sp?). If it's painful and really red, it's probably that form of thrush. If it's not, and disappears and reappears it's probably geo tongue. If you want, go to an MD or oral surgeon. GT is not a problem though.

[Jaguar83]

BD...I have impacted wisdom teeth that are long overdue on the removal...you may be right.

[tucker 22]

haha...yea i hate them too...

hey bigdummy, you said a tooth infection?  my wisdom teeth seem to be poking through and they hurt pretty bad now and then.  But how can a tooth infection cause geographic tongue?

[macgyver16]

yes it was geo tongue, or glossitis,well it is a benign inflamatory diseaseof the tongue... i thought he was reffering to thrush

[macgyver16]

candida albicans a fungal infection

[Jaguar83]

gotcha.

HIV since 10? Damn, good thing you are a LTNP...

[farfromperfect]

Dude, g tongue is not a disease.

[farfromperfect]

I have had G tongue ever since I can remember.  I even had a dentist confirm it, but I have only had hiv paranoia for 6 months (did I just say only six months?).  G tongue is just annoying.  It isn't from a disease.  Chances are you have had it off and on for many years, but you didn't go around examining your tongue (and every other part of your body) for abnormalties.  If g tongue is caused by hiv, then I have had hive since I was like 10.  

[macgyver16]

It is  an inflamatory condition of the tounge, it can be a symptom of many disease or factor, vit b deficiency can be one...

[tucker 22]

wait you said i have thrush?? i thought G tongue and thrush were different.  I dont have any white cottage cheese looking stuff...i have nothing to "scrape" off and it doesnt bleed.  I think I have Geographic tongue or soemthing b/c some of my filiform papillae are missing in some areas leaving it looking pink and smooth.  ughhh i hate dealing with this...so you all said G tongue really doesnt have a specific cause?!  

[Jaguar83]

Sounds to me like you got some mild GT...what I got...(and farfrom too)

[farfromperfect]

It is not linked to any disease my friend.  Here check it out.  

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/geographic-tongue/DS00819

[Teak]

Thrush and G tongue are not the same. Anyone can get either one at any time and they ARE NOT specific to HIV infection.

[tucker 22]

so the missing filiform papillae on my tongue is not thrush?  I hope not. i dont have any very thick white patches or anything. Can being on 2 different prescriptions do it?  Thanks...please answer teak.  

[Teak]

No that is not thrush. Being on antibotics can cause trush (thrush). G tongue can be caused by hot food and spicy foods to name a few.

[Jaguar83]

I don't buy the GTongue hot and spicy food thing. But anyways, as hard a pill as it is to swallow, GTongue is really not a sign of early HIV infection. Usually, there is no known cause...in fact, you are born with the condition and something (not HIV) triggered it...probably stress, allergy, environmental, etc...