tongue

[hondapatches]

Last time I took treatment about half way through my tongue got these little bumps on it an it wasn't pleasant Now after just a week and a half the same bumps are on my tongue, hurts, Burns so bad when I eat. I remember this from last time because I thought to myself people don't even realize what they have until they don't have it. I know sounds weird. Does anyone else have this problem? If so what r u doing for it?

[willbb]

Shano....I had a mild case of OLP  for years prior to treatment for HCV. MY Hepa said he sees it in about 10% of his patience. there is some controversy to the relevance of the association of the two...however some studies have been done if you google it.

My Hepa and  an oral surgeon I saw said it would probably get worse during treatment...and it did...however only for the first month of treatment..  and then settled down again

Also there is still controversy as to whether it will clear up or not once SVR.....one article below..and there is many

good luck with it...

.http://www.hepcprimer.com/more/lichen.html
Will

Magic Mouthwash worked great for me when it flared

[shanro]

I should probably have been more specific... "OLP is a condition which is associated with HepC"  
-does this mean that it's caused from and one will continue to have it for the rest of their life regardless of SVR??  Or is it projected that once SVR is obtained, OLP will clear??

[shanro]

I've  been using a whitening toothpaste and it's definitely making it worse!!  Nuts and crackers and other hard/sharp foods are too painful to eat... and come to think of it, I did have what I chalked up to canker sores but never really paid much attention before tx that felt the same way... so OLP is caused by hepC?  Is this something I'll probably have for the rest of my life? And is there treatment for it??

[curiouslady1]

OLP is a condition which is associated with HepC.  I have never heard of it being associated with the treatment for HepC.  But I do have to say that my all oral treatment has not made it go away.  The physician told me that with the triple treatment, some people's OLP got worse, some better and some stayed the same.  My OLP seems to be staying about the same and the LP is in remission.  But neither was too bad this summer.  Winter and spring will give a better idea of what will happen.  Too early to tell.  For me the things that make it worse are spring, salt, sugar, vinegar and other acidy dressings, spicy food, toothpaste with whitener in it, alcohol and alcohol based mouthwashes.  

[shanro]

cool, thx!

[hrsepwrguy]

I haven't had it yet but I have seen several posts about the same thing so I think it's a fairly common sx tri tx