Frequent Urination, weight loss and white tongue

[staysafe]

Hi everyone,

I really need your help I becoming depressed as I can't find an answer from doctors.

My symptoms are the following:

- It started by having an having in increased feeling to urinate with an urge although my bladder is not that full. I can go like 10 times per day. sometimes.
- after 11 weeks I noticed that I have a white coated tongue or hairy tongue don't know exactly the diference. I know also sometimes experience a dry mouth
- with my tongue I also started to not have any appetite and I lost weight around 4 kilo in 2 months.

I did a CBC and urine tests and they are all normal. what tests should i do? what can it be? what should I look for? whichis the best doctor to consult?

Please any advise.

[ashler1977]

seeing an oral pathologist an infectiologist is the way to go. please keep us updated on your results.

[staysafe]

I just came back from an oral pathologist/ dentist...as usual just told me food debris and ****...however he prescribed me Nystatin!!! which i don t think I will take.

I have just also got my CBC results for blood.everything looks normal compared to the two other test that I have done on december 26 2012 and january 16 2013, except for my lymphocytes which have changed fom 33% (dec), 30% (jan) and now 41% (March). Now I m getting really scared. the ENT doctor said it is normal but she hadn't seen my previous results to compare. Also my Eosinophilis are 6% and they were 0% in January.

I hope the infectiologist can help and I hope it is not a dangerous diseas.

[LivingInHope]

You might want to ask about why you might be feeling pressure on the urethra so the doctor will start thinking in that direction in regards to your genito-urinary system- a urologist seems like they might be the best one for this issue.

Stress can have adverse affects on your health, including lowering resistance to infection and I hope the doctors figure this out quickly.  I guess the doctor who prescribed Nystatin felt you had an infection that would work on.

Did you see the doctor who specializes in infectious processes?  If so, what did they say?  

I have an old manual of diagnostic tests, which lists a reference range for adults where your number would be barely above normal for lymphocytes, but I hope the doctor took/will take the upward trend seriously.

Regarding the eosinophils, zero percent was a bit low and 6 percent is high according to my book's range (different labs have different ranges)- I believe this high number is significant and I hope the doctor will be able to pinpoint the cause- there are a number of possibilities listed in my book from allergies to more serious causes.

[staysafe]

Thank you very much for your reply.

for my tongue, how can it be trush, bacteria or infection if my oral swab is negative?

I was on an anti fungal medication for one week, I do not know if it could has increased my lymphocytes. according to the ENT the 1% above the normal range which is 40% in this lab, it should be noted that in other labs it is 45%. the doctor said if there was an infection they would have reach much higher levels like 70 80%

Anyway, I will see the doctor who specializes in infectious diseases next week

[staysafe]

you can see my results on my profile

[LivingInHope]

If the swabbed areas where the discoloration or hairiness were and tested for all pathogens Nystatin treats and that came back negative and the doctor who prescribed it knew that, you might not want to go back to that doctor.

You listed numbers for Dec., Jan., and March- where did the 45 percent number come in- before in between the numbers you listed previously?  

I don't know why an anti-fungal anti-biotic would increase lymphocyte type of white blood cells- it doesn't seem likely to me, but I'm not a doctor.  I know sometimes different kind of antibiotics other than antifungals can kill off good bacteria along with bad and cause an overgrowth of yeast in the body (and often diarrhea too)- acidophilus capsules can help fight that problem, but again, I'm not talking about anti-fungal type of antibiotic.

I see on your one doctor's lab's eosinophil range where they put your result of 6 within their normal range, so your typical doctor wouldn't be concerned about it, but I think as a patient, if I had my number jump from 0 to 6, even though it was 2 with a range of 1-4 back in December, I'd want to get that rechecked to see if it went up even higher than 6 or if it is still w/in normal range.

Let me know what the infectious disease specialist has to say?