Used chew tobacco,but what does that hafta do with it
I read through this whole thread and had the exact same symptoms. I went to urgent care and got prescribed nystatin. It seemed to help for a while but the rough feeling in my mouth kept coming back. Turns out I was allergic to the sulfates in my toothpaste which caused yeast overgrowth and the rough feeling in my mouth. For anyone else struggling with this problem, I recommend switching to sulfate-free toothpaste and taking nystatin. I have been back to normal since.
I'm aware this is a really old thread but I wanted to share my experience for anyone who may come across this (as I did, when googling my symptoms).
I developed a gritty/sandy feeling in the bottom of my mouth, in the fleshy part under my tongue. After a day or two I also had it on the inside of my lower lip. I was able to see tiny white dots in both areas, which would disappear temporarily if I rubbed them. They were painless.
I had been to the dentist about a week prior to this and had a filling done, but I think this is a coincidence. I had also just got over a very nasty virus which had caused a very dry mouth and mouth ulcers so I think my immunity was low.
I consulted a pharmacist and she suggested it could be oral thrush. She prescribed daktarin gel (contains miconazole) to be rubbed into the affected areas 4 times a day. I actually applied it to more areas of my mouth too (tongue, roof and my mouth and inside of cheeks) just in case it had spread to other areas. It took 5 or 6 days of treatment before I felt any improvement in the gritty feeling, and a full 10 days of treatment before I felt that the gritty feeling had gone completely. However, the daktarin packaging said to use it for a week after resolution of symptoms, so I did this. So I did about 16 days of treatment in total.
It's now been three weeks since I used the daktarin gel and I haven't had any recurrence of the gritty sensation or white dots.
I just wanted to write this to encourage people that it can be possible to get rid of it, as most of the posts I read were of people who had suffered from it for months or years and couldn't seem to get rid of it or find out what it was. In my case it did seem to be oral thrush and it was easily treated, thankfully.
I developed a gritty/sandy feeling in the bottom of my mouth, in the fleshy part under my tongue. After a day or two I also had it on the inside of my lower lip. I was able to see tiny white dots in both areas, which would disappear temporarily if I rubbed them. They were painless.
I had been to the dentist about a week prior to this and had a filling done, but I think this is a coincidence. I had also just got over a very nasty virus which had caused a very dry mouth and mouth ulcers so I think my immunity was low.
I consulted a pharmacist and she suggested it could be oral thrush. She prescribed daktarin gel (contains miconazole) to be rubbed into the affected areas 4 times a day. I actually applied it to more areas of my mouth too (tongue, roof and my mouth and inside of cheeks) just in case it had spread to other areas. It took 5 or 6 days of treatment before I felt any improvement in the gritty feeling, and a full 10 days of treatment before I felt that the gritty feeling had gone completely. However, the daktarin packaging said to use it for a week after resolution of symptoms, so I did this. So I did about 16 days of treatment in total.
It's now been three weeks since I used the daktarin gel and I haven't had any recurrence of the gritty sensation or white dots.
I just wanted to write this to encourage people that it can be possible to get rid of it, as most of the posts I read were of people who had suffered from it for months or years and couldn't seem to get rid of it or find out what it was. In my case it did seem to be oral thrush and it was easily treated, thankfully.
I have a similar experience. When I press on the roughness it hurts, like I’m pressing on a open sore, but eventually the tissue relaxes and the roughness moves as does the pain and I end of traveling down a pain/rough path like peeling layers off a pain onion. I have no idea what is going on. It feels like trapped emotions or tension or something maybe it is something clinical IDK. I I’m happy to at least find people describing similar experiences. Going to get answers as to why and how to help.
Guest575, did you ever figure out what’s going on? I would love to know as I have the same problem