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What Causes Irritation In The Tongue After Taking Fluconazole?

I took 150 mg of Fluconazole yesterday at about 6 PM. It has not helped the discomfort from the yeast infection yet and around midnight last night the top of my tongue started feeling irritated and hot. This has continued throughout the day. Can this be a side effect of the Fluconazole?
Thu, 12 Jan 2017
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Hi,

As per your complain it seems that irritation at the tip of tongue along with heat seems to be due to Apthous. Stomatitis leading to inflammation of the tongue tip. Side effect of Fluconazole can be a cause, however it can also be due to flaring up of yeast infection in mouth while other causes can be deficiency of iron and vitamin B12, stress, physical trauma to the tongue, allergies, acid reflux etc.

I would suggest you to consult an Oral Physician and get evaluated and a thorough clinical evaluation and investigations like blood tests can help in diagnosis. Treatment of underlying cause will relieve the symptoms. As of now you can start gargling with a numbing mouthwash containing Lignocaine to relieve the symptoms. You can also take a multivitamin tablet daily. You can take anti inflammatory painkiller like Ibuprofen. Suck ice and do cool water rinses. Avoid spicy food.

Hope this information helps. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Dr. Honey Nandwani Arora
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What Causes Irritation In The Tongue After Taking Fluconazole?

Hi, As per your complain it seems that irritation at the tip of tongue along with heat seems to be due to Apthous. Stomatitis leading to inflammation of the tongue tip. Side effect of Fluconazole can be a cause, however it can also be due to flaring up of yeast infection in mouth while other causes can be deficiency of iron and vitamin B12, stress, physical trauma to the tongue, allergies, acid reflux etc. I would suggest you to consult an Oral Physician and get evaluated and a thorough clinical evaluation and investigations like blood tests can help in diagnosis. Treatment of underlying cause will relieve the symptoms. As of now you can start gargling with a numbing mouthwash containing Lignocaine to relieve the symptoms. You can also take a multivitamin tablet daily. You can take anti inflammatory painkiller like Ibuprofen. Suck ice and do cool water rinses. Avoid spicy food. Hope this information helps. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Honey Nandwani Arora