Roof Of The Mouth Goes Numb During Meals, Lump At The Same Place. Suggestion?

Posted on Tue, 11 Jun 2013

Question: At lunch I notice the top of the roof of my month went numb. The feeling returned but now I have a lump there about the size of a quarter.

Answered by Dr. Achuo Ascensius (1 hour later)

Hello,
thanks for using health care magic.

There are two possible scenarios;
-either the mass was there long ago and has been gradually developing or
-the mass was of acute onset.

Acute onset is most often associated with consumption of hot food or a hard food that must have injured your palate first of all manifesting as a loss of sensation and then swelling. However, treatment is based only on pain killers as symptoms clear off within a couple of days.

The gradually growing mass could be a tumor and this can only be confirm by showing it to a medical doctor for examination and possible biopsy.

Hope this answers your query. If you have more query, i will be glad to help.
Best regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Achuo Ascensius (2 minutes later)

Thank you - I did eat a hot dog and the first bit was rather warm so this must be it. I will take some Aleve and of course Ice Cream:)

Answered by Dr. Achuo Ascensius (24 minutes later)

Hello,
thank once more for the query.

You should feel better within a couple of days say three to seven days.

If you do not have further query, you could close the discussion and rate the answers.
Best regards

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar