help me

[thenichole]

i was on antibotic for a few days and now my tounge is hurting my mom said that its thrush but would that make it swell?

[nurseaudrea]

Thrush is very common to get when on antibiotics, especially any type of penicillin drugs. All you have to do is tell your doctor and they can prescribe a one pill cure called Flagyl.  Just tell them you have thrush and they should do that for you. It is a miserable thing to have. I get it every time I take Amoxicillin.

[Jaybay]

Your mom is probably right.  Thrush can be very painful before the obvious symptom of a white coating on the tongue shows up.  Try taking acidopholus capsules.  That's the active ingredient in yogurt that helps with any kind of yeast overgrowth, which is what thrush is - yeast.  They're available at any pharmacy or health food store.  Stay away from highly seasoned foods in the meantime.  I had thrush after a round of IV antibiotics and anything with pepper was intolerably painful!