Tongue coating some observations and what helped
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2016 12:41 am
Ok so a few months ago I took an antihistamine...it actually removed the thick tongue coating from the back, but it left me with a really sore throat.
It got me thinking that perhaps maybe my issue is Lpr, reason being that removing the mucus should not make my throat hurt unless the mucus was protecting my throat against something.
I thought the idea might be a bit far fetched so I didn't get the ppi tablets right away. But recently I just thought f*** it, I might aswell try a two week dose and see.
Turns out it removed the thick coating, this was after just over a week on the tablets. I did use an antifungal gel before I started the nexium and continued to use it for a little bit whilst taking the nexium but I'm 100% sure it was the ppi that removed the coating because the gel did f*** all for a good few days before starting the nexium.
So the back of my tongue still looks a little rough (not coated though) and I'm not sure if much has changed in terms of odour yet.
Ive noticed that when I'm in stressful situations my tongue gets really white, it's not a coating though it's more like the papillae are irritated I think.
So I think Lpr and stress are the main contributors to my tongue being white....again this is only aesthetics......I'll have to get proper feedback about my actual breath.
And seeing as I have body odor issues aswell it could all just be tmau lol. But hopefully this is informative to somebody.
It got me thinking that perhaps maybe my issue is Lpr, reason being that removing the mucus should not make my throat hurt unless the mucus was protecting my throat against something.
I thought the idea might be a bit far fetched so I didn't get the ppi tablets right away. But recently I just thought f*** it, I might aswell try a two week dose and see.
Turns out it removed the thick coating, this was after just over a week on the tablets. I did use an antifungal gel before I started the nexium and continued to use it for a little bit whilst taking the nexium but I'm 100% sure it was the ppi that removed the coating because the gel did f*** all for a good few days before starting the nexium.
So the back of my tongue still looks a little rough (not coated though) and I'm not sure if much has changed in terms of odour yet.
Ive noticed that when I'm in stressful situations my tongue gets really white, it's not a coating though it's more like the papillae are irritated I think.
So I think Lpr and stress are the main contributors to my tongue being white....again this is only aesthetics......I'll have to get proper feedback about my actual breath.
And seeing as I have body odor issues aswell it could all just be tmau lol. But hopefully this is informative to somebody.