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Hey everyone,
Thanks for the replies/info.
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To Caliban:
No, I do not smoke. I am no longer trying Hydrogen Peroxide. However I still have hairy tongue :( It has not been 8 months with a hairy tongue.
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To SunnDay07:
Thanks for the tip on trying to gargle with Grapefruit Seed Extract. They sell it in liquid form at the VitamineShoppe near my house, I guess I could give it a shot. Heck.. I'll try anything. I cant believe after this many months my hairy tongue is still there :(
If GSE does help I'll be sure to posts results here.
How many times a day did you gargle with GSE to get your hairy tongue to go away?
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To vp2216,
I agree. I am certain it was caused by some bacterial inbalance that occured in my mouth due to the Metronidazole. Antibiotics are great at killing off bad bacteria, but they unfortunately kill healthy/beneficial bacteria as well. I think once the beneficial bacteria's in my mouth were thrown off balance my hairy tongue occured.
I mean for the first 27 years of my life my tongue was pink/healthy/glistening and looked normal. I take the antibiotic for a week and BOOM all of a sudden my tongue turns white and fuzzy :(
It's been that way ever since. I cant tell you how depressed this has me. And the DR's I've seen dont seem to be able to offer any help.
Antibiotics or stress may destroy good microbes (good/useful bacteria) present in mouth & stomach. Once this layer is gone, other harmful microbes may grow in.
Pro-Biotics may be one answer,, though does & type is still not clear to me.
Avoid overly cleaning the tongue, rather no cleaning of tongue isrequired, only brush teeth once a day, lightly with soft brush.
If internal (mouth /Stomach) bacteria culture is maintained, not much cleaning is required.
Kevin,
Do you smoke?
Hydrogen peroxide may actually exacerbate hairy tongue.
Hi kevdood83. I took metronidazole and amoxicillin for a nasal infection in mid 2011 and started to develop a white coated tongue. I did some research and came across Grapefruit seed extract. GSE is an anti-virus/bacteria/fungi agent. Put a couple drops in some water or juice and gargle. Start with only a couple drops and work your way up to 4 drops. If you use too many drops it will burn your mouth - you don't want that. To me, it tastes like paint remover, but I tolerate it because it got rid of my white coated tongue. I also reduced the amount of sugar that I consume as well. I hope this works for you.
Some quick additional info:
-Thrush/Candida tongue culture came back negative.
-Blood work all came back normal.
-I am in general good health. NO medication.
-I take a multivitamin every day.