NEW SYMPTOMS

[lala47]

Well some of this is new.  Approx. 2 weeks ago I began having R eye pain.  It was the same as it was in the L eye in Jan 08.  I got no ON dx at that time.  My Optomologtist was  on vacation and I was leaving on vacation that friday.  So I had to see a new Opto.  He said ON even though I was not having much blurred vision and no color problems.  I go back Wed for peripheial test.  Any way thursday night while eating supper I noticed  that I was having a hard time chewing my food on my R side, with so much on my mind about leaving the next day for Florida I did not think any more about it.  Then on the way out of town my tongue was tingling so I looked in the mirror and noticed that when I stuck out my tongue that curved to the right.  It stayed that way all week that we were gone.  By the time we got back home it was competely normal, so no doc saw this.  Has this ever happened to anyone else?  Thanks for any comments.


lala47

[lala47]

Thanks for the info I have to leave for work now but I will ck out the web site when I get off today.  It was really weird, but I felt sure that it had something to do with everything else that was going on. Well off to work, 7 more days of school and then much needed time off.  Maybe then I can keep up with forum better.

Thanks,
lala

P.S.  Glad you like the name!!!!  Sould be lala48 now.  My how time flies.  Its hard to believe that I have been dealing with this for over a year!!!

[Karen99]

Hello LaLa.  I like your name too.  

While I have not experienced the tongue curve as you described, I do know that sticking out your tongue is part of a neurological exam.  The doc is looking for deviations like you had, an abnormal position or overly-relaxed tongue.  I think this is a test of one of the cranial nerves.  I don't know which cranial nerve controls the tongue or the significance of it.  I would think it safe to say that you are probably having a dysfunction in the cranial nerve that controls the tongue.  They also have you smile big, showing all of your teeth, lifting the lips off the gums.  This always makes me crack up as I feel like a monkey and probably look like one too.  

If you google "neurological examination" you can learn more about this.  They even have videos.

You have had two episodes of optic neuritis and later had curvature of the tongue.   I strongly suggest you see a neurologist.  You may never have this symptom again but it is always a good idea to have a neurologist check it out.  

Good luck to you.    

[Lulu54]

Hi Lala,
I have no answers for you but wanted you to know that I read your post.

Plus I like your name and my name together -

Lulu