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My Dad has terrible burns from radiation. Any suggestions to help?
Cancer | Last Active: Jul 3, 2023 | Replies (82)Comment receiving replies
Sore mouth and tongue after finishing radiation 3 weeks ago. 24 hours a day I feel a burning/numbness inside my mouth and especially on my tongue.
Today when I woke up my togue was covered in white.
Still feeding thru tube because everything is painful to put in my mouth.
Feels like a mouth full of chili peppers.
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I had the feeding tube put in about 3 weeks into radiation, lo-dose chemo. The white coating on my tongue and upper palate stared about 5 weeks into radiation and very painful if something touched them. Doctor told me everything would disappear the day radiation stopped. I believed him. Now late February, feeding tube long removed and I'm still confined to eating soup, eggs and other soft foods. Is their no cure for this virus, no medicines in this day and age?
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I hope you have contacted the doctor about the change. Yeast/fungus infections in the mouth look like a white coating and are quite irritating. Ask about a product they can mix up called magic mouthwash. It helped me a lot when rxed from University of Michigan radiation oncologist.