TASTE BUDS

A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO I STARTED HAVING NUMBNESS ON MY TOUGUE, BETTER YET, I CAN'T TASTE ANYTHING.....CAN THIS BE CAUSED BY MS OR NOT....SOME TIMES MY TASTE BUDS GO AWAY FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS BUT THEY COME BACK, BUT THIS IS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT FEELING THAT I'M EXPERIENCING......I ALSO HAVE SOME SINUS PROBLEMS BUT NEVER HAD THIS WITH MY SINUS INFECTIONS BEFORE......WHAT DO YOU THINK.....I'M REALLY STARTING TO WORRY....IT FEELS LIKE I HAVE A PIECE OF TAPE FROM THE BACK TO THE FRONT IN THE MIDDLE OF MY TONGUE.....WHAT DO I DO.....CAN YOU GIVE ME AN ANSWER ASAP, PLEASE.....TKS

[tingletingle]

Hi cajmslady,
I can imagine you being slightly freaked out by this unusual sensation. At my worst a couple of months ago the numbness/ tingles from my toes to chest, alarmingly went into my tongue and mouth for about 2 days then went away. Best advice I can offer is not to panic too much and book into see your doctor.

[supermum_ms]

HI AND WELCOME TO OUR CORNER OF THE WEB, IF YOU HAVENT PLEASE READ OUR HEALTH PAGES, TOP RIGHT OF YOUR SCREEN THE YELLOW ICON. MANY ANSWERS TO MS YOU WILL FIND THERE.

I SEE THIS IS YOUR FIRST POST, AND YOU SOUND QUITE DISTURBED BY THIS SUDDEN DEVELOPMENT. YOU DONT ACTUALLY MENTION IF YOU HAVE MS OR NOT BUT BECAUSE YOU ARE TYPING IN ALL CAPS, I WILL ASSUME YOU ARN'T SHOUTING BUT HAVE SIGHT ISSUES SO I AM RESPONDING IN KIND.

THE FIRST THING I WOULD DO IS NOT PANIC, FEAR WILL NOT HELP THE SITUATION, YES I KNOW ITS EASIER TO SAY THAN TO DO BUT PLEASE TRY TO REMAIN CALM. LOSS OF FEELING IS NOT UNCOMMON IN MS, THOUGH NOT EVERYTHING IS ALWAYS ASSOCIATED WITH MS. LOSS OF TASTE IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS NOT UNCOMMON IN PEOPLE WHO TAKE SSRI'S FOR ANXIETY OR DEPRESSION.

MY MOTHER HAS JUST HAD THIS SAME THING HAPPEN TO HER AFTER HAVING A TUBE DOWN HER THROAT DURING AN OPPERATION AND THE SURGEON DIDN'T HAVE AN ANSWER OTHER THAN IT BEING ASSOCIATED WITH MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS, MY POINT IS THAT THE CAUSE ISNT WIDELY UNDERSTOOD EVEN BY THE MEDICAL WORLD.

THIS IS AN EASY READ FOR ALL THE KNOWN CAUSES OF A NUMB TONGUE, NEUROLOGICAL IS ONLY ONE OF MANY SO PLEASE DONT PANIC, MAKE AN APPOINTMENT WITH YOUR DR AND GET THIS LOOKED INTO.

http://www.bettermedicine.com/article/tingling-tongue/causes

HUGS.........JJ