:? What is going on with me? I am scared to death that tommorow I wil wake up and have a numb face or body part or worse not be able to get out of bed..or what if I suffer a stroke? I went to the ER all is fine they said I could be having convulsions and it may be stress related?
I am 33 energetic and a woman....a physically fit woman.
? What gives...I do not have insurance and hate to spend everything I have to go get 100+ tests...I will wait and hopefully God will cleanse me and return me back to my old self...I am really growing tird of NOT knowing what is wrong and feeling so tired all the time. I feel like I have aged in the last 2 weeks, I am always tired and need a nap during the day. I stay focused and work out but it is not as easy as before and the numbness feels like it is spreading.
I am 33 energetic and a woman....a physically fit woman.
? What gives...I do not have insurance and hate to spend everything I have to go get 100+ tests...I will wait and hopefully God will cleanse me and return me back to my old self...I am really growing tird of NOT knowing what is wrong and feeling so tired all the time. I feel like I have aged in the last 2 weeks, I am always tired and need a nap during the day. I stay focused and work out but it is not as easy as before and the numbness feels like it is spreading.
This appears to be a bit more common than I thought. I have numbness in the right side of my tongue, which seems to be worse along the right edge of the tongue. I also have an odd taste in my mouth more so on the side that has the numbness, and it tastes almost like metal. It is quite annoying and frustrating to say the least. I am a 31 year old male, and I guess MS isnt out of the question. I had full brain MRI and several blood tests. Apparently they are looking for Lyme disease, thyroid issues, B12 deficency, and some other stuff I cant pronounce. I havent heard back on any of these tests yet. By the way, I have had this symptom non-stop for 4 months now with no change what so ever. Odd that it doesnt get worse, and I guess even more odd that it doesnt ever go away. I took a ton of antibiotics in the past year and a half for severe throat problems, resulting in the removal of my tonsils ultimately, but the numbness of the tongue was happening before my tonsils were removed. Anyway, I'll post another message when I hear back regarding the testing. Honestly at this point, I just want to know what it is because even though I'm a bit frightened by what it could be, I'm 10 times more angered by the symptom. Its so annoying! %-)
[I am a male in my late 50ts and a non smoker non drinker, I am still feeling the effects of a bad cold of over two weeks, today is the end of two weeks cold fevor. ontop of this I am so stress out looking for work, and having to deal with a toxic relationship. on top of what I mentioned dose anyone know what causes your tongue on left side in the back go numb. I have been taking a cough medican however two tsp every six hours... plus one pill a day for this cold...for five days...
I am worried if it would be signs of stress or stroke?????
Bill
Iowa
I am worried if it would be signs of stress or stroke?????
Bill
Iowa
Has anyone looked into the correlation of bacteria in the stomach - Helicobacter Pylori Infection, About 2/3 of the world population is estimated to be infected by the bacterium - and tingling mouth symptoms?
Has anyone looked at the correlation between - Helicobacter Pylori Infection,
About 2/3 of the world population is estimated to be infected by the bacterium and tingling tongue? Seem like when more acidic food are consumed, there is bloating, acid issues AND tingling tongue.
About 2/3 of the world population is estimated to be infected by the bacterium and tingling tongue? Seem like when more acidic food are consumed, there is bloating, acid issues AND tingling tongue.
I too have the same symptoms of numbing lips and tip of my tongue. I have had MRI, CAT Scans, blood work, have seen Heart and Neurologist specialists. They cannot seem to find reason for these symptoms. I have been experiencing them for approx 1 year. I have changed my diet and started excercising regularly. Thanks for the tips about toothpaste and fruit I will try these as well.
If I find something that changes my symptoms I will pass it along
If I find something that changes my symptoms I will pass it along
Hi there,
I been feeling my lower right lip to be numb and the tip of my tongue on the right side as well. I started thinking maybe something bit me at night or some sort of food allergy. I went to a clinic and the doctor said it sounded as if I had a twisted nerve. She said I might have lifted something heavy (which i do remember doing) and that I should just give it some days or a week.
It hasnt been a week yet but the numbing sensation is still there. It was progressing and now its come to a stop but its still there. I hope its nothing bad. Let's stay positive :-) But do get checked with a doctor just in case, its always good to get someones opinion on what your feeling.
I been feeling my lower right lip to be numb and the tip of my tongue on the right side as well. I started thinking maybe something bit me at night or some sort of food allergy. I went to a clinic and the doctor said it sounded as if I had a twisted nerve. She said I might have lifted something heavy (which i do remember doing) and that I should just give it some days or a week.
It hasnt been a week yet but the numbing sensation is still there. It was progressing and now its come to a stop but its still there. I hope its nothing bad. Let's stay positive :-) But do get checked with a doctor just in case, its always good to get someones opinion on what your feeling.
I too have this problem along with Gastreo problems. Have just started Zoloft approx 3 wks ago......This can all be related to anxiety disorders. Check with your doctor. I just spoke with my Dr today and they are having me discontinue the zoloft after weining off of it the last five days. Anxiety disorders and stress cause an awful lot of things. This is also common in children of all ages.............Anxiety disorders are among one of the top medical conditions effecting individuals on a daily basis. Hang in there and know you are not alone.
I would suggest that people suffering from this and other symptoms to please check out the ILADS website and find yourself a Lyme literate doctor. Lyme disease has been found to be extremely common and horrifyingly misdiagnosed. Lyme literate doctors are few and far between, but when it comes to your health, worth the effort.
Hi, just visiting. I started experiencing the numb tongue and lips symptoms a few days ago. Today I went to the doctor and he told me I had Bell's Palsy. It develops from a virus, most commonly herpes. In my case I had an ear infection that he believes is the cause.
It gets the worst 3 weeks in, but should start to subside after that.
It's a pinched nerve in your face, which is why you can't use the muscles. He prescribed prednisone for the inflammation, once daily for a week. He also has me on 1000mg of Valtrex for anti-viral.
8 - 10% of people have a recurrence, but generally most people recover with no further complications.
Good luck to you all! Go see a doctor!
It gets the worst 3 weeks in, but should start to subside after that.
It's a pinched nerve in your face, which is why you can't use the muscles. He prescribed prednisone for the inflammation, once daily for a week. He also has me on 1000mg of Valtrex for anti-viral.
8 - 10% of people have a recurrence, but generally most people recover with no further complications.
Good luck to you all! Go see a doctor!
Numbness could signal diabetes, do check this out...
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/painter/2007-04-29-numbness_N.htm
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/painter/2007-04-29-numbness_N.htm
I'm a 40 yr old female. I too have had numbness on mostly the left side of my face, lips and tongue (sometimes makes it hard to talk) arm and a few fingers for the last 3-4 weeks. Also had bad taste in my mouth I couldn't get rid of, but not so bad now. Felt like the left side of my throat was swelling and my left ear felt like there was some pressure. Have a mild but constant headache going on 4 weeks now. I went to the doctor, several times. He didn't see any problems with my glands in my throat and ears didn't look bad. I had a temp of 99.4, but didn't really get much higher. All my blood test (thyroid, white blood cell count, liver, kidneys, and blood sugar) all came back normal. Doctor put me on antibiotics, but it didn't help. I was sent to a neurologist who thought it might be trigeminal neuropathy, but MRI came back yesterday normal. He also did not suspect MS, and I guess MRI supported that. I went to the dentist as well to make sure I didn't have anything going on there. There was a small cavity, but that's it. Lupus has come up before in my past, but so far all my doctors are saying they don't think so. I have a positive ANA, but evidently the titer has to be at some certain level to suspect Lupus and mine wasn't that off (or whatever). I do have Reynaud’s syndrome and carpel tunnel. I also have a mild bulge in my neck and lower back, and I tend to have jaw problems (stiff, pop, sometimes get irritated) if that could cause any of this. One more thing ... this all started after about 2 months ago I pulled a muscle in my lower right abdomen that took a few weeks to get better. It was not getting better after 2 weeks so he did a CT scan, which was normal. The pain did get better after about 3-4 weeks but during that time my BP was a little high, he decides to put me on Hydrochlorothiazide (water pill), and also tried lisinopril w/hctz and then Bystolic. He kept changing them because I started complaining about these face and hand problems. It was at the time I started the water pill at 24 mg that the symptoms started. The neurologist thought the Bystolic could cause issues with my Reynaud’s, which may explain the fingers problems. So, I just stopped the BP med's altogether. Besides my BP seemed more normal outside of the doctor’s office and he did say it can spike, I guess due to stress and pain, while in the doctor’s office. SO, BP was most likely not the reason for any of these symptoms. Now off all med's, but symptoms still there. Just wondering if Meds may have induced any of this?
The random numbness in my hands is nothing new, I get it off and on, and pretty much use to it. It's that, along with my face issues that are freaking me out a bit. I don't recall every having this problem before. I do have stress issues and the doctor wants me to go back on Lexapro, but I find it hard to believe stress can cause all this. I feel like the doctors are pushing my positive ANA and other problems to the side, saying it doesn’t mean much. It's just so frustrating! I'm starting to feel like this will never get better. I'm just hoping like my finger numbness comes and goes, so will this.
The random numbness in my hands is nothing new, I get it off and on, and pretty much use to it. It's that, along with my face issues that are freaking me out a bit. I don't recall every having this problem before. I do have stress issues and the doctor wants me to go back on Lexapro, but I find it hard to believe stress can cause all this. I feel like the doctors are pushing my positive ANA and other problems to the side, saying it doesn’t mean much. It's just so frustrating! I'm starting to feel like this will never get better. I'm just hoping like my finger numbness comes and goes, so will this.
I had the same problem after having a CT scan in January. I thought it may be an allergy because I had an itchy throat after eating certain foods. After going through a series of tests with an allergist, I learned that I had no food allergies. I will be seeing a neurologist this week. I did have a reaction to the iodine from the CT scan and think this is somehow related. My symptoms are reducing dramatically, and they seem to now be more apparent when I am stressed. Maybe the two are linked. Hopefully this too will pass.
A friend of mine had this problem and was told by a pharmacist to rinse her mouth with a half and half solution of hydrogen peroxide and water and take Benadryl. But the next day her lip was swollen and her whole mouth was "on fire." She went to an emergency room and was diagnosed with a viral infection. The doctor gave her prescriptions for a herpes virus condition. She has to continue using Benadryl as well. If it works, I won't return. If this doesn't work, I'll make another comment.
Hello folks,
I finally remembered to come back to this post. A few months ago, I was searching the responses in a panic, sure that my numb tongue and persistent sore throat were indicitive of a serious disease.
So, I went to an ear, nose and throat doctor. My sore throat is due to post nasal drip, which is especially bad because of increasing hormones due to breastfeeding. And my tongue? Drumroll please...he poked it with a stick, announced that it looks like there was some trauma to it, and asked if I bit my tongue. When I replied no, he shrugged his shoulders and said, "don't worry about it." I realized a few days later that the trauma is from a nervous habit of rubbing my tongue over my bottom teeth. After I stopped worrying about all of this, my tongue was "miraculously" healed.
Also, now you're goign to think I'm crazy (which, I probably am, just a little). Three years ago, I also had numb tongue, only this time accompanied by numb feet and numb hands. I ran to the neurologist, this time certain I had MS. I went through a whole battery of neurological tests and a brain MRI. All normal. I really pressed the neurologist on this and he told me that there are many, many, many people who come to him with numbness, but only a very few that are diagnosed with something major. I went to the chiropractor for a few months and the numbness cleared up. Personally, some of it might be a neck thing, but looking back, most of it was anxiety related. I purchased a good anxiety book that talks about physical symptoms. It says that numbness can be a sign of anxiety (numb tongues and lips too!). So, sorry this is so long, but I hope this helps some of you folks who are as nervous as I was.
And, I want to encourage all of you to lift up your eyes to the Lord. He is our strength and ever present help and he wants to hear about our struggles and help us get through them. For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son Jesus, that whoever believes in him will not perish, but have eternal life. I wish I could remember that myself a little bit better...God bless.
I finally remembered to come back to this post. A few months ago, I was searching the responses in a panic, sure that my numb tongue and persistent sore throat were indicitive of a serious disease.
So, I went to an ear, nose and throat doctor. My sore throat is due to post nasal drip, which is especially bad because of increasing hormones due to breastfeeding. And my tongue? Drumroll please...he poked it with a stick, announced that it looks like there was some trauma to it, and asked if I bit my tongue. When I replied no, he shrugged his shoulders and said, "don't worry about it." I realized a few days later that the trauma is from a nervous habit of rubbing my tongue over my bottom teeth. After I stopped worrying about all of this, my tongue was "miraculously" healed.
Also, now you're goign to think I'm crazy (which, I probably am, just a little). Three years ago, I also had numb tongue, only this time accompanied by numb feet and numb hands. I ran to the neurologist, this time certain I had MS. I went through a whole battery of neurological tests and a brain MRI. All normal. I really pressed the neurologist on this and he told me that there are many, many, many people who come to him with numbness, but only a very few that are diagnosed with something major. I went to the chiropractor for a few months and the numbness cleared up. Personally, some of it might be a neck thing, but looking back, most of it was anxiety related. I purchased a good anxiety book that talks about physical symptoms. It says that numbness can be a sign of anxiety (numb tongues and lips too!). So, sorry this is so long, but I hope this helps some of you folks who are as nervous as I was.
And, I want to encourage all of you to lift up your eyes to the Lord. He is our strength and ever present help and he wants to hear about our struggles and help us get through them. For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son Jesus, that whoever believes in him will not perish, but have eternal life. I wish I could remember that myself a little bit better...God bless.