Tongue and Mouth Problems

Thyroid issues cause burning mouth and excess thirst. I have read that this is especially common in post-menopausal women. Any chance your thyroid is off?

Sara,

Yes, I read last night that thyroid and being peri or post menopausal could be a factor. My thyroid labs were not too bad. They were clinically sub-optimal. I posted it about a week ago. I bought ThyroCare supplement, but haven’t taken any yet. I have been taking zinc, kelp (for iodine), and selenium which is what’s recommended.

I don’t know what to think about the tongue and throat. My mom says she has tongue burning (presumably from mold) all the time. She just ignores it. It sets me on high alert.

I have been having UTI symptoms with negative culture and have been on 2 different abx for it in the past month. The abx eased but didn’t eradicate the UTI symptoms. I think my tongue felt better while on the abx, too. I don’t know why that would be unless it has anti-inflammatory properties. Seems like I felt better all over while on abx, especially the Nitrofurantoin (Macrobid), even though it hit my gut hard. GA Hunter said it was killing the bad bacteria rather than wiping out my good flora (if I have any) like I initially thought.

Speaking of anti-inflammatories, I took 6 SPM Active the last two nights. They had no effect. Last night, I put a small amount of coconut oil in my mouth and let it melt into my tongue and left it there. It did give some relief. My tongue feels thicker than normal and very rough, especially the middle to back part. It tongue literally feels sick.

I have had tongue issues before, but it was more Sjogren’s type extreme dry mouth and dry eyes. I still don’t know if that was mold related or hormone related. It started just before I was diagnosed with CIRS and living in the first moldy house. That was also right after my periods stopped and intestines shut down.

I absolutely HATE mold. It is always a confounding factor for me, causing everlasting fear and confusion.

Notime4lyme,

Hi! Thank you for asking. I feel better. I finally thought of the obvious and tried gargling with warm, salty water before bed. Did it several nights in a row, and it definitely helped.

I also realized that my herbs are probably contributing to the dry, rough tongue. I use powdered knotweed and ashwaganda that I put in a glass of water and drink. The knotweed is grainy and sticks to the back of my tongue. I brush my tongue, but it is still very dry. The herbs are probably drying. I don’t think it’s the cause. I do think it makes it worse, though.

I still suspect that mold inhalation or hormonal changes are the most likely direct cause.

Walkingbyfaith, our mouth and tongue, is also filled with biotic flora. When we take abx, this flora gets out of balance and destroys most of beneficial bacteria not only in our digestive system, but also in our mouth. When you take probiotics and swallow them to balance the flora, you are only balancing the flora on your digestive system. We need to do that also in our mouth.

When you take saccharomyces wish is a benefic fungus, you can mix it on water with other probiotics and rinse your mouth fully with it and then swallow. For example, if you are taking um capsule form, you can put some capsules on water, mix, rinse your mouth and take the rest of the capsules without rinsing. This way you are transporting the probiotics to your digestive system and to your mouth and balancing the flora of both. For example, i take 2 capsules of probiotics and 2 capsules of saccharomyces, i pour 1 capsule of probiotics and 2 capsules of saccharomyces in water, rinse my mouth for 10 seconds or more to give chance to the bacteria to colonize on the mouth and swallow the remaining capsules.

My candida i had on my mouth Aldo vanished after doing this for some time. Candida hates saccharomyces.

Post Edited (isitlyme) : 2/26/2021 6:42:09 AM (GMT-7)

You are welcome. You can read the scientific basis of this here on the links below, so you can be confirm this for you and others. It worked for my tongue on candida and to balance bacteria on my tongue.

https://www.ijournalhs.org/article.asp?issn=2542-6214;year=2018;volume=11;issue=2;spage=136;epage=145;aulast=rane

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28346730/

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/311541262_contribution_of_probiotics_streptococcus_salivarius_strains_k12_and_m18_to_oral_health_in_humans_a_review

Quote: "Probiotics are available in medicinal preparations as mouth rinses, tablets, capsules, powder, and lozenges or in the form of functional foods in the form of culture concentrations added to beverages such as juices, inoculated in prebiotic fibers, dairy products such as yogurt and fermented milk, and fermented nondairy products such as kimchi and kombucha."


Take care.

Post Edited (isitlyme) : 2/26/2021 12:00:20 PM (GMT-7)