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What Causes Dry Mouth And Swollen Lymph Nodes After Tongue Piercing?
Am I coming down with a sore throat? I got my tongue peirced it's now day 4 During the day I've been okay-ish and have been eating it is still swollen but there is minimal pain however, at night my mouth is very dry and even more dry when I wake up ..my glands would be red swollen and the dangly thing at the back on my throat would be all stuck to one side.. this happened yesterday there was also a little lump on one of the glands but that's gone down ..my right ear is also paining a little when I swollow I normally get this when I have a cold ...however after drinking water, washing my mouth out eating some food and ibrophen I felt better .. it's like being ill as it's always worst in the morning I'm just hoping it's all to do with the tongue piercing and I'm not ill as I'm not sure if this could cause complications for my healing process of my tongue piercing...
Mon, 7 May 2018
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I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.
It looks like there is inflammation in mouth and throat, that can be most probably due to dry mouth as well as due to inflammation caused by tongue piercing. Dry mouth at night can be due to mouth breathing habit and it can be due to the reason that you must be breathing through the mouth at night, that is leading to dryness and irritation in mouth and throat. For now, you should gargle with a warm saline solution and along with it, you should also suck Cepacol lozenges. For dry mouth, chew sugar-free chewing gums. At night you can stick a vertical strip of micropore tape before sleeping on your closed lips that help to breathe through the nose and see if dry mouth gets better. Do cool compresses over the tongue piercing site. Take Ibuprofen to reduce pain and inflammation.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Honey Arora
I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.
It looks like there is inflammation in mouth and throat, that can be most probably due to dry mouth as well as due to inflammation caused by tongue piercing. Dry mouth at night can be due to mouth breathing habit and it can be due to the reason that you must be breathing through the mouth at night, that is leading to dryness and irritation in mouth and throat. For now, you should gargle with a warm saline solution and along with it, you should also suck Cepacol lozenges. For dry mouth, chew sugar-free chewing gums. At night you can stick a vertical strip of micropore tape before sleeping on your closed lips that help to breathe through the nose and see if dry mouth gets better. Do cool compresses over the tongue piercing site. Take Ibuprofen to reduce pain and inflammation.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Honey Arora
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