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Yellow Coating on Tongue
by yuccaplant, Nov 14, 2005 12:00AM
About two months ago, I got quite sick, my throat was sore, lymphnodes very enlarged, headache, dizzy. I went to the dr, got amoxicillian. I came down with a drug reaction rash, though I've never been allergic to pen before. I stopped the medication. Three weeks later, I got very bad dry mouth and my tongue was white with thick hairy looking areas towards the back. I went back to the dr, who just told me to stop worrying. I got checked for diabetes and thyroid (negative). Although I am low risk, I also got an HIV test(negative). My tongue is now covered with hairy looking growth located towards the back, looks thicker, and turned yellow. I've been brushing my teeth, etc and not switched tootpaste or changed my cleaning routine.
Could this be an allergic reaction, allergy or diet problem and if so, how could I get it properly diagnosed?
I am female, mid 20's, no children, not very stressful job, but some medium stress lately from other factors. In good health, exercise 2-3X/week, eat healthy, weight 125, height 5'7". I have had no major surgeries or health issues. It's been over 6 months since last unprotected sex, but less than 6 months oral sex. It's been two months since initial sickness, but about 1 month from noticing tongue. The covering has gotten thicker in the month. This year I've periodically experienced extreme thirst (over 5L/day water) and constant dry lips/skin. I have mild periods of irritable bowel syndrome, and overall cranky digestion in general, but have that all the time. I also have dry hair and skin.
Could this be an allergic reaction, allergy or diet problem and if so, how could I get it properly diagnosed?
I am female, mid 20's, no children, not very stressful job, but some medium stress lately from other factors. In good health, exercise 2-3X/week, eat healthy, weight 125, height 5'7". I have had no major surgeries or health issues. It's been over 6 months since last unprotected sex, but less than 6 months oral sex. It's been two months since initial sickness, but about 1 month from noticing tongue. The covering has gotten thicker in the month. This year I've periodically experienced extreme thirst (over 5L/day water) and constant dry lips/skin. I have mild periods of irritable bowel syndrome, and overall cranky digestion in general, but have that all the time. I also have dry hair and skin.
If you're a smoker, that could do this alone. Gonoreaha (Spelling) of the mouth would be another.
If you're test came back negative for HIV, you might want to consider the merits of testing for its close counterpart, Candidiasis. Intestinal and/or oral Candidiasis tends to run along the sides of the tongue more than it does that of any widespread area, to my understanding. Therefore, the second, and probably more likely scenario might involve some type of a bacterial infection.
Other online literature points to such possibilites as mono or Sjogren's Syndrome, give your symptoms. Riboflavin and Biotin deficiencies have also been linked with oral discoloration/disease.
I'm only 28 myself, and so by no means is it my intention to discipline you here whatsoever, ma'am, but I would really try to be a bit more careful when it comes to some of the sexual related history.
In 2004, the CDC reported 950,000 new cases of STD's alone, and they estimate that the number is likely to be four to five times that amount among the population. In other words, last year alone between 4 and 5 million brand new STD's were reported.
Three fourths of these newer infections occured in those 35 or under, two thirds of the total occuring among those 30 or under.
The belief by many that STD's cannot be spread through oral sex activities is false and misleading. Men and homosexual females are at very high risk for Candidiasis and Herpes, among several others. Women engaging in such activity are prone to HIV, HTLV, several others, too. For a woman deciding to participate in unprotected sex with an individual that has had multiple past partners is just plain dumb, to be fully honest with you.
Again, I didn't mean to turn this into a lecture, ma'am, but the fact is the days are long gone when "Only a few" had an STD. Today, sadly, the opposite is true-you have to assume that the majority are infected, that's likely the way it is.
For anyone dealing with these types of concerns in our age group, it makes dating and the prospects of marriage extremely difficult, based on what we now know with these new numbers.
These are the same folks touching door handles down at the mall and gas station, too, btw, although I would suggest that you don't take it as far as I have in this respect or you too will be on your way to becomming Howard Hughes II, as I have~.
And ps.....yellow coating on the tongue can be the result of various factors: smoking, certain antibiotics, minor infections, diet, jaundice (usually with yellowing of eyes and skin), thyroid issues, spleen and/or liver anomalies, glandular fever....etc etc.....