← Return to Roof of mouth still severely irritated 4 weeks post radiation

Discussion

Roof of mouth still severely irritated 4 weeks post radiation

Head & Neck Cancer | Last Active: Jul 23 8:03am | Replies (8)
Comment receiving replies
@runner61627

Thanks for the thorough information. I’m almost at week 5 post treatment and the roof of my mouth is still extremely painful. I’m curious about the possibility of a fungal infection. How did you find out you had a fungal infection? Did your oncologist diagnose it? What test did they do to determine a fungal infection?
I’m going to call my oncologist and your answers will help. Thank you

Jump to this post

Replies to "Thanks for the thorough information. I’m almost at week 5 post treatment and the roof of..."
Sue, Volunteer Mentor | @sepdvm | Jul 23 8:03am

I had ulcerations along the side of my tongue and inner cheek. So most of my pain was there. When my whole tongue became sore and red that was a change.
Then I started to feel like my tongue was hairy. About that time I was back for a recheck and all the nurse did was look at my mouth and said it was a fungal infection.
It cleared right up with treatment.

VIEW AND REPLY