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Swollen Tongue no one knows why

Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT) | Last Active: Apr 29 7:19pm | Replies (42)
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@johannahansen

I do have allergies, I only tested positive to dust and dog (very mild as there was only a reaction with intradermal placement). She did state it could be allergies as I live with a dog and it is ever so slight. It has been over a year and has never gotten worse than this. It does not affect my breathing, swallowing, speaking, or eating. Which partially makes me think not allergies either as I didn’t get the dog until January of this year.
I think it might be just my teeth shifted due to prolonged Clenching and grinding at night (about a year). My dentist doesn’t seem concerned and he says it looks like TMJ. I have also seen countless doctors who have said it isn’t concerning and would have escalated if it were to by now.
I do notice that if I clench down harder than usual that is when they are most prominent.
Also steroids don’t make it better, I’ve been on a few doses of steroids this summer for my asthma acting up with sinus infections and it doesn’t change it.

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sbouchard77 | @sbouchard77 | Oct 29, 2018

Hi, an update on my situation... my doc sent me to a nutritionist to test for food sensitivities. So I’ve cut out gluten and dairy. I noticed a big difference cutting out out gluten... the face swelling/neck swelling has gone away. My tongue is about once a month but seems to be somewhat better after cutting out some of the major food allergy. I am waiting for blood results on food sensitivities... so I’m curious what that comes back as. I’m still on Zyrtec and Prilosec. My doc mentioned singular but haven’t dared to start it. My tongue gets ridged like yours @johannahansen and my doc said that was swollen but normal ....which I know isn’t true cause my tongue isn’t always like that! I’ve seen multiple specialists and they have no answers for me... lots of blood work and a CT scan. Nothing. I try to stay calm now when I get the tongue swelling... I try to relax my jaw and take deep breaths and not focus on it. It seems to help some. I’m
Sorry you’re going through this ... it is really frustrating and scary.

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