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Having Swollen Tongue, Found Neuroma And Removed. Have Swollen, Burning Tongue With Red Spots. On Celex And Xanax
Question: hi...I am having a reoccurring swollen tongue. The ENT found neuroma and removed from my tongue. Now I have another one and flare up, swollen, burning tongue with light red spots on it. I am wondering could I be allergic to my medication. Anti depressants (celexa), xanex, rozem ( doubtful I just started), propranolol...in the past this has happen but I was on different meds. I also have GI issues.
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Any medication has the potential to cause an allergic reaction. Severe allergic reactions can be associated with swelling of the tongue, this would typically take place in an anaphylactic allergic reaction.
If the swelling is severe it can result in difficulty breathing.
If you have a previous history of severe allergic reaction to medication, it is possible that it is recurring. You may want to consider allergy testing, allergy tests can be done to a variety of medications .
If the specific tests are not available your doctor may consider switching one at a time to see if there is a decrease in symptoms.
With a history of previous neuroma in the tongue, your doctor may also refer back to the ENT doctor to rule this out.
The red areas or spots that you are seeing are part of the inflammatory reaction that is occuring.
I hope this helps, feel free to ask any other questions
Any medication has the potential to cause an allergic reaction. Severe allergic reactions can be associated with swelling of the tongue, this would typically take place in an anaphylactic allergic reaction.
If the swelling is severe it can result in difficulty breathing.
If you have a previous history of severe allergic reaction to medication, it is possible that it is recurring. You may want to consider allergy testing, allergy tests can be done to a variety of medications .
If the specific tests are not available your doctor may consider switching one at a time to see if there is a decrease in symptoms.
With a history of previous neuroma in the tongue, your doctor may also refer back to the ENT doctor to rule this out.
The red areas or spots that you are seeing are part of the inflammatory reaction that is occuring.
I hope this helps, feel free to ask any other questions
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Hi,
I had the allergy test but all came back ok, except dust, certain tree and pollen. My GI doctor wanted to retest for wheat. But I can not go to doctor until insurance kicks in in a month, I am wondering should I come off all meds and wheat to see if I feel better. Another scare is could I have HIV, my husband has strange rash on groin area. I now glossitis is a symptom of HIV. Sorry to be all over the place with my questions, I am just scared and confused.
I had the allergy test but all came back ok, except dust, certain tree and pollen. My GI doctor wanted to retest for wheat. But I can not go to doctor until insurance kicks in in a month, I am wondering should I come off all meds and wheat to see if I feel better. Another scare is could I have HIV, my husband has strange rash on groin area. I now glossitis is a symptom of HIV. Sorry to be all over the place with my questions, I am just scared and confused.
Hi, it is understandable to be concerned
Glossitis is not a specific symptom of HIV nor is a penile or groin rash. Though HIV can be associated with symptoms, it is usually silent and not diagnosed till the individual may start exxperiencing opportunisitic infections (such as pneumonia, prolonged diarrhoea, brain infections, yeast in the mouth and throat) or the person is screened for another reason.
Glossitis can occur in a number of different conditions including reaction to medications, vitamin or iron deficiency, alcohol, smoking, bacterial infections, reaction to foods.
HIV does not typically cause a groin rash , this could also be as a result to chemicals such as any creams, ointments, soaps or as a result of a bacterial or fungal infection which occur commonly in persons with no history of HIV.
It would not be best to come off all of your medications at once. Your doctor and your self can decide if this is necessary to come off any or one at a time.
If you stop all at once and the reaction stops, you and your doctor will not know which one was causing the problem.
You would need to do it one at a time to see which one if any when stopped, causes the problem to improve.
Please feel free to ask any thing else
Glossitis is not a specific symptom of HIV nor is a penile or groin rash. Though HIV can be associated with symptoms, it is usually silent and not diagnosed till the individual may start exxperiencing opportunisitic infections (such as pneumonia, prolonged diarrhoea, brain infections, yeast in the mouth and throat) or the person is screened for another reason.
Glossitis can occur in a number of different conditions including reaction to medications, vitamin or iron deficiency, alcohol, smoking, bacterial infections, reaction to foods.
HIV does not typically cause a groin rash , this could also be as a result to chemicals such as any creams, ointments, soaps or as a result of a bacterial or fungal infection which occur commonly in persons with no history of HIV.
It would not be best to come off all of your medications at once. Your doctor and your self can decide if this is necessary to come off any or one at a time.
If you stop all at once and the reaction stops, you and your doctor will not know which one was causing the problem.
You would need to do it one at a time to see which one if any when stopped, causes the problem to improve.
Please feel free to ask any thing else
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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