My close friend had that very same symptom and it ended up being a vitamin D deficiency.
I had those symtoms as well when I was having trouble with the submandibular gland.
I get numb tongue too!! Once it was really bad and I took some Calcium and it helped. The other day I found out I'm low in vitamin D and wonder if this is also why.
It's weird.
No answer for it and he asked me if I ever had the chicken pox and said it could be the start of shingles. Whatever.
I don't understand the notion (did I spell that right??) that my one sided tingle / numb feeling in the tongue and throat could be the start of shingles. I don't think this is a rational explanation from my ENT and now I don't know if I should fill the script for the antiviral. Its Zovirax.
Stumped here again. Suggestions??
I had the same thing as well and I also had a vitamin D deficiency. It seems to have stopped now that my levels are in the normal range. Coincidence? Don't know.
My mom had shingles twice in one year and I don't remember her saying anything about her tongue BUT she did have tingling/numbness in her face and sores on her forehead from the shingles. It could be possible.
Can you see your PCP about it and get a 2nd opinion?
thanks for that bn -- I refuse to go back to my pcp - he keeps trying to push previcid on me for stomach acid that I don't have and has twice given me moral lectures on the use of an IUD. I have only seen the man 3 times and won't be going back to him. He is ridiculous. LOL - I did have the iud removed, but still don't have excess stomach acid, so I feel sure he'd be a waste. LOL - such a waste of a medical license!
I have some calcium tabs with vit d and I guess I'll start taking those. My scalp is kind of itchy, hmmm. There's no sores / blisters though.
My ent did check for that Cheslov (I am sure I did not spell that right!!) sign - for calcium deficiency, but did not say if I reacted. Guess I didn't.
Hi, thanks for replying to my post about sjogren's. And you know it could be related to it your mouth and throat problems. For the very first symptoms I ever got before the extreme drying out became unbearable, was a very sore mouth and throat, tightness and burning, tingling too. Then it moved to my eyes, and then everywhere else. Sjogren's is another autoimmune disease and could be a possiblility for you. It is very hard to detect in the early stages however, it has taken 2 years for me to get diagnosed as it creeps in on you slowly. But it might be worth you mentionning it to your doc. Hope this helps.
Get the vit D tested - the tongue will be effected with a deficiency - along with a possibility of a zinc disturbance