I'm on synthroid and this feeling of a hair on the back of my tounge is driving me NUTS
this guy is full of bologna. theres no feathers in your mouth. the symptom is usually cause be an inflammation of blood vessels in either the roof of your mouth or the back of your tongue. this could be caused by a food allergy, eating extremely hot or caustic foods, or seasonal allergies. I'm sure there's more causes, I just haven't learned any more.
I don't know if you'll ever see this, Pseudonymous1989, but you should know that oral cancer most often shows up at the side of the tongue. Your post was a year ago, so I imagine if that is what your symptoms were, You've probably already seen a doctor because the symptoms would have gotten worse. Good luck. and for other people reading this, and you have strange symptoms regarding the side of your tongue, don't freak out, there's plenty of other things it could be. But also go get that stuff checked out.
Oral h pylori
It is Probily dehydration
Its probably morgellins. You can thank our own for that
Its overgrown healthy bacteria (probably from consuming too much dairy products, tell your dad to cut dairy out of his diet for up to a week or two, then he should be fine. If this doesn't work drink a bit of apple cider vinegar.
Hi I was told by a teacher it could be a pin worm shes been teaching for 20yrs an has had 4 cases from children follow by itching she said my son kept telling her he have hair on his tongue to get tested for pin worm its treatable.
Like everything you said it's like that for me too I haven't talked to my doctor about it
I'm 13 and have the same problem. My saliva is bubbly and I have the wierd feeling in the right of my throat
I feel the same thing.on the tip of my tongue..
DUHHH! All sensations physically there or not, come from the brainzzzz
Anxiety has some physical aspects to it aswell.
Folks:
I'm 59 years old. Not much in the way of diet or life patterns have changed for me in recent times (30+ years). I've had the sensation of hairs in the roof of my mouth or on the back of my tongue for 6 weeks now. It really feels like hairs. I've taken a very, very bright light to look for them. I have had dogs and cats for my whole life. I've even had a rat and chickens . I'm a physicist, an OPTICAL engineer, a lawyer, and have (side) studied medical science for many, many (40+) years, and have several other post graduate qualifications. I can safely say that I don't know what it is or could be about. Maybe someone from the CDC can opine about it.
When I talked about it, my 8 year old grand daughter said that she experienced the same thing a few weeks ago (awesome). Really? So it's not just me!!!!
So, it seems like our CDC will take another decade to figure out what's going on here. Why do we pay these people?
Just saying....
Dietmar H. Hanke
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Hair In The Mouth
by Dhruv Gupta, M.D. — over a year ago in Ear, Nose, Throat, and Dental problems
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The feeling of having hair in the mouth is usually associated with an infection of the papillae on the tongue or due to a keratotic growth in the mouth as seen in certain conditions. There are recorded instances of actual hair growth in the mouth, however they are extremely rare and unlikely to occur in most cases.
The most common causes responsible for a hair like sensation inside the mouth are as follows.
An Overgrowth Of Filiform Papillae
Our tongue has different types of papillae coating the tongue. The most numerous are the filiform papillae. These cover the maximum surface area of the tongue and are individually small and prickly as compared to other papillae. Sometimes these filiform papillae do not shed old dead cells as they grow and can thus cause a feeling of having hair in the mouth.
The growth may appear whitish in mouth and can be confused with a white coating as seen in conditions like oral thrush. This condition is harmless and all that requires to be done is for a tongue scraper to be used for a couple of days so that the dead cells can be physically removed from the surface of the tongue and return to normal.
Black Hairy Tongue
A condition which is referred to as a "black hairy tongue" can result due to the accumulation of bacteria and fungus below the surface of these papillae.
Clinically this condition appears like there has been hair growth over the dorsal surface of the tongue, however again in actuality it is just the filiform papillae that have grown beyond their normal size and number.
The black color is attributed to the various pigments present in our food that can get caught in the papillae, thus "Black" Hairy Tongue can also be yellowish or brownish or any other color really.
Keratotic Lesions
Certain conditions in which there is an overgrowth of keratin producing cells inside the oral mucosa can also mimic a hair like feeling. These conditions include Candidiasis, Leukoplakia, Frictional keratosis and even in some cases auto immune conditions like Lichen Planus.
The pathology behind these conditions can be varied, however they share similar risk factors of heavy smoking, repeated friction or trauma at a particular spot inside the mouth or a defect in the immune system.
It is important to remove these all these risk factors as often there will be no conclusive diagnosis for the cause of the keratotic patch. Once the offending risk factor has been removed, this patch should resolve on its own and return to normal.
Other symptoms associated with these lesions:
Burning sensation in the mouth
Halitosis
Altered Taste sensation
Nausea
While none of the above conditions are particularly serious, they can cause a significant amount of inconvenience to the person suffering from them. An effort to remove the keratotic patch with a tongue scraper can made, however if it persists beyond a week or so of trying then taking a professional opinion is the best thing to do.
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Hair In The Mouth
by Dhruv Gupta, M.D. — over a year ago in Ear, Nose, Throat, and Dental problems
21Useful
The feeling of having hair in the mouth is usually associated with an infection of the papillae on the tongue or due to a keratotic growth in the mouth as seen in certain conditions. There are recorded instances of actual hair growth in the mouth, however they are extremely rare and unlikely to occur in most cases.
The most common causes responsible for a hair like sensation inside the mouth are as follows.
An Overgrowth Of Filiform Papillae
Our tongue has different types of papillae coating the tongue. The most numerous are the filiform papillae. These cover the maximum surface area of the tongue and are individually small and prickly as compared to other papillae. Sometimes these filiform papillae do not shed old dead cells as they grow and can thus cause a feeling of having hair in the mouth.
The growth may appear whitish in mouth and can be confused with a white coating as seen in conditions like oral thrush. This condition is harmless and all that requires to be done is for a tongue scraper to be used for a couple of days so that the dead cells can be physically removed from the surface of the tongue and return to normal.
Black Hairy Tongue
A condition which is referred to as a "black hairy tongue" can result due to the accumulation of bacteria and fungus below the surface of these papillae.
Clinically this condition appears like there has been hair growth over the dorsal surface of the tongue, however again in actuality it is just the filiform papillae that have grown beyond their normal size and number.
The black color is attributed to the various pigments present in our food that can get caught in the papillae, thus "Black" Hairy Tongue can also be yellowish or brownish or any other color really.
Keratotic Lesions
Certain conditions in which there is an overgrowth of keratin producing cells inside the oral mucosa can also mimic a hair like feeling. These conditions include Candidiasis, Leukoplakia, Frictional keratosis and even in some cases auto immune conditions like Lichen Planus.
The pathology behind these conditions can be varied, however they share similar risk factors of heavy smoking, repeated friction or trauma at a particular spot inside the mouth or a defect in the immune system.
It is important to remove these all these risk factors as often there will be no conclusive diagnosis for the cause of the keratotic patch. Once the offending risk factor has been removed, this patch should resolve on its own and return to normal.
Other symptoms associated with these lesions:
Burning sensation in the mouth
Halitosis
Altered Taste sensation
Nausea
While none of the above conditions are particularly serious, they can cause a significant amount of inconvenience to the person suffering from them. An effort to remove the keratotic patch with a tongue scraper can made, however if it persists beyond a week or so of trying then taking a professional opinion is the best thing to do.
Sources & Links