What Causes Swollen Glands On Floor Of Mouth?

Posted on Fri, 8 May 2015

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Question : About three weeks ago I woke up with swollen glands in the floor of my mouth. Later that day, swelling went down a little but my lingual frenulum became swollen and painful and then the swelling and pain moved on to the whole bottom of my tongue. (All in a 24 hr period). This pain hung around over the weekend and it went away but a little swelling in my glands hung around but not painful. Yesterday I woke up with the swollen floor of mouth glands again and I knew what was coming. Swollen painful frenulum in which pain moved all the way on to bottom of tongue. That's what I'm dealing with this morning. Any ideas?

Answered by Dr. Krunal Karade (52 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Your clinical history is suggestive of Sialadenitis .

Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Thanks for the query.

I have read your query , reviewed your medications and understand your concern.

Your clinical history is suggestive of Sialadenitis (inflammation of a salivary gland). Mostly Submandibular & sublingual gland. If I were your treating doctor , I would advice to do investigation like ultrasonography (USG) Neck with salivary glands to confirm diagnosis .

Till then use ,
Antiseptic chlorhexidine Mouth Wash twice daily ,
continue anti inflammatory ibuprofen thrice daily after meal &
Antihistaminic Fexofenadine (Tab Allegra) at night .

You will get relief .

Hope this information helpful to you. If you have any further questions I will be happy to help.
Regards.

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