What's causing my pain?

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My mom is experiencing odd symptoms.  She has swollen glands in the neck and cheek and inner ear pain or the left side of her face.  She also has pain on the left side of her face and the left side of her tongue running down her throat.  When she touches it, it prickles, like there should be an open cut there.  There are swollen bumps on the highest part of her cheek bone.  Her glands, ear, tongue, and lip hurt the worst after eating or drinking.  Any idea what could be causing this?

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Thank you!  My mom went to the doctor's today and oddly enough, it is shingles, but thanks for your help. :)

[Dr. Kokil Mathur]

Hi
This could be due to glandular fever. You need to run a test for moniliasis to rule this out. It could also be due to caries in tooth, abscess in gums, pyorrhea, abscess in cheek, or infection of internal ear. It could also be due to osteomyelitis of the jaw bone or due to involvement of temporomandibular joint.
It is difficult to comment beyond this at this stage. You would need to consult a dentist and an ENT specialist for this. Please let me know if there is any thing else and do keep me posted. Take care!