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What Causes Sore Tongue?
I developed diverticulitis 2 weeks ago and took Levequin for 10 days and for about the last 10 days or so my tongue is so sore and red and everything hurts it when I eat. It has a few little area of bumps on it. I have been off of the antibiotics for days now and its still hard to eat anything. Should I see my MD?
Tue, 2 Feb 2016
Cannot say in your particular case without seeing it. And, two possibilities at least are allergy to the levaquin in which case the soreness should rapidly improve off of the pill, and a ssecondary yeast infection in which case the tongue would be beet red, there might be signs of cottage cheese like yeast, and the area would feel like a diaper rash. It usually needs treatment but gets better really really fast.
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